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Hawke's Bay Regional Prison Expansion

Department of Corrections · Hawke's Bay

Expansion of Hawke's Bay Regional Prison at Mangaroa near Hastings. The confirmed phase is two new high-security units adding about 316 beds, a design-and-build signed with Naylor Love in October 2025 using a stripped-back no-roof design, taking the prison to about 1,071 beds when it opens in early 2027. Corrections is self-funding the units from existing budget and has not disclosed the cost. Further phases are signalled alongside Waikeria but are not confirmed or funded.

Strongest delivery signals Data: Medium

Delivery Confidence Score, 0 to 100, higher is better: a ranking of how strong this project's delivery signals are, not a probability. It blends eight factors, including the election risk and policy alignment shown below.

Breakdown▾

Data current as at 13 Jun 2026, when the pipeline was last checked against its source.

Key facts

Region: Hawke's Bay
Sector: Other
Status: Under Construction
Estimated value: Value TBC
Indicative completion: 2027
Funding status: Fully Funded
Lead organisation: Department of Corrections
Election risk: Low

Election risk assessment

First 316-bed phase is committed and self-funded; any further phases depend on future budgets and are unconfirmed.

Government priority alignment

HIGH: Aligns with the government's corrections-capacity expansion priority.

Chronology

2024Record prison muster renews pressure for additional capacity
2025Design-and-build for two 316-bed high-security units signed with Naylor Love (Oct)
2027Two new units due operational (early 2027), taking capacity to ~1,071

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