List of tallest buildings in Wellington

This list of tallest buildings in Wellington ranks the tallest building's in the New Zealand capital city of Wellington by height. This ranking system, created by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat includes the height to a spire but not to an antenna.^[1] The Majestic Centre is the tallest skyscraper in the city at 116 metres (381 ft).

Tall buildings in Wellington
Wellington Central
Tallest building	Majestic Centre (1991)
Tallest building height	116 m (381 ft)
Number of tall buildings
Buildings above 20 stories	11 (2025)
Buildings taller than 100 m	3 (2025)

The Majestic Centre, the tallest building in Wellington

The Aon Centre, the 2nd tallest building in Wellington

Dimension Data Tower (left), Forsyth Barr House, and Bayleys Building

Bowen House (left) and the Beehive

Tallest buildings

The list below contains the top 60 buildings in the city at 50 m (164 ft) high and above. All are High-rises except for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked buildings which are skyscrapers.

Name		Height[2]	Floors[2]	Built[2]	Purpose	Notes
1	Majestic Centre	116 m (381 ft)	29	1991	Office
2	Aon Centre (Wellington)	103 m (338 ft)	27	1984	Office	Originally opened as the BNZ Centre
3	HSBC Tower	101 m (331 ft)	25	2003	Office	Is 94M to roof height and 101M to the Spire[3]
4	NTT Tower	93 m (305 ft)	25	1998	Office	Formerly Mobil on the Park, Vodafone on the Park and Dimension Data Tower[4]
5	Bowen House	90 m (295 ft)	22	1991	Office
6	James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor	88 m (289 ft)	26	1972/1998	Hotel
7	Plimmer Towers	84 m (276 ft)	25	1975/1986	Hotel/Office	Originally opened as the Williams Centre
8	125 The Terrace	77 m (253 ft)	21	1986	Office
9	Morrison Kent House	76 m (249 ft)	21	1969	Office	[5]
10=	113 The Terrace[6]	72 m (236 ft)	19	1988	Office	Formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower; currently the home of Wellington City Council[7]
	The Beehive	72 m (236 ft)	10	1981	Office
12=	111 Dixon Street[8]	70 m (230 ft)	20	2019	Residential	Tallest residential building in Wellington.
	Maritime Tower	70 m (230 ft)	18	2006	Office
	Grant Thornton House	70 m (230 ft)	18	1983	Office	Formerly known as ANZ Tower
	Westpac Tower	70 m (230 ft)	18	1978	Office
	Chews Lane Tower	70 m (230 ft)	19	2009	Office/Residential
17=	Aurora Centre[9]	68 m (223 ft)	19	1968	Office	Was the tallest building in Wellington when completed. Underwent a major facelift in 2016-17
	Equinox House[10]	68 m (223 ft)	16	1987	Office
	Radio New Zealand House	68 m (223 ft)	13	1963	Office	[11]
20=	Fujitsu Tower	66 m (217 ft)	18	1985	Office	Formerly known as Caltex Tower[12]
	Novell House	66 m (217 ft)	17	1975	Office
	No.1 The Terrace	66 m (217 ft)	17	1978	Office	Headquarters of the New Zealand Treasury
	Vogel Building	66 m (217 ft)	17	1966	Office	Was the tallest building in Wellington and the 2nd tallest building in New Zealand when built[13]
	Reserve Bank of New Zealand[14]	66 m (217 ft)	16	1972	Office	[15]
25=	AXA Tower	65 m (213 ft)	17	1989	Office
	The Freyberg Building[16]	65 m (213 ft)	15	1979	Office	The adjoining 7-storey Freyberg House (2007) was demolished after the 2016 earthquake.[17]
27	One Whitmore Street[18][19][20]	63 m (207 ft)	14	2023	Commercial	BNZ's Wellington office.
28	20 Customhouse Quay[21]	62 m (203 ft)	14	2018	Commercial	Replaced BP House, which was originally built in 1968 and demolished following the 2013 Seddon earthquake.[22]
29	Charles Fergusson Building	61 m (200 ft)	17	1976	Office
30	New Zealand Police National Headquarters	60.47 m (198 ft)	17	1979	Office	[23] Formerly FAI Insurance House.
31=	Bolton Hotel	60 m (197 ft)	20	2004	Hotel
	Sovereign Insurance Centre	60 m (197 ft)	17	1984	Office
	Bayleys Building	60 m (197 ft)	16	1989	Office
	Two Hunter Street	60 m (197 ft)	16	1991	Office
	City Tower	60 m (197 ft)	16	1991	Office
	Jellioce Towers	60 m (197 ft)	16	1965	Residential	Was the tallest Residential building in Wellington when built[24]
	Forsyth Barr House	60 m (197 ft)	16	1989	Office
	Pastoral House	60 m (197 ft)	15	1978	Office
39=	Rydges Hotel	57 m (187 ft)	16	2006	Hotel	Originally opened as a Holiday Inn
	Alcatel Lucent House	57 m (187 ft)	15	1988	Office	Formerly Telecom House
41=	Quest on Johnston	55 m (180 ft)	18	2000	Hotel
	Terrace Heights Apartments[25]	55 m (180 ft)	17	1999	Residential
	Stafford House	55 m (180 ft)	14	1977	Residential	Originally an office, now university housing.
	Avalon Studios	55 m (180 ft)	11	1969	Office	Tallest building in Wellington outside of the CBD
45	Sir Robert Jones Tower	52 m (171 ft)	14	2019	Office	[26]
46	National War Memorial	51 m (167 ft)		1932	Bell and clock tower
47=	20 Oriental Parade	50 m (164 ft)	16		Residential
	Mercer Tower	50 m (164 ft)	15	1989	Office
	Public Trust Building	50 m (164 ft)	15	1982	Office
	Investment House	50 m (164 ft)	15	1977	Office
	Simpl House	50 m (164 ft)	15	1987	Office
	Willeston Centre[27]	50 m (164 ft)	14[28]	1984?	Office	Originally the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Building.[29]
	AMI Plaza[30]	50 m (164 ft)	14		Office
	Rutherford House	50 m (164 ft)	14	1975	Office	Originally the headquarters of the NZ Electricity Department.[31]
	Sovereign House	50 m (164 ft)	14	1988	Office
	Castrol House	50 m (164 ft)	14	1987	Office
	Westpac Trust Investment House	50 m (164 ft)	14	1982	Office
	Technology One House	50 m (164 ft)	13	1987	Office	Formerly known as the Renouf Centre and Terenco Finance House
	BNZ Trust House	50 m (164 ft)	13	1985	Office
	Guardian Trust House	50 m (164 ft)	13	1984	Office
	Optimation House	50 m (164 ft)	12	1979	Office	[32]
	Pinnacle on Victoria[33]	50 m (164 ft)	17	2021	Residential

Under construction, approved or proposed

Name		Height[2]	Floors[2]	Built[2]	Purpose	Notes
1	109 Featherston Street Tower[34]	89 m (292 ft)	19		Commercial	Approved resource consent
2	110 Wakefield Street Tower	86 m (282 ft)	22		Commercial	Approved resource consent
3	151 Willis St concept tower[35]	134 m (440 ft)	32		Mixed-use

Demolished

Name	Height	Floors	Built	Purpose	Notes
Revera House	50 m (164 ft)	10	1990[36]	Office	Formerly AT&T Tower and Hitachi House. Demolished 2018[37] following damage due to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.[38]
61 Molesworth St	37 m (121 ft)	10	1965	Office	Formerly ICI House. Demolished 2016-2017[39][40] following damage due to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. To be replaced with a new 11/12-storey office building.[41][42]

Cancelled

Name	Height*	Floors*	Notes
NZ1	263 m (863 ft)[failed verification]	63	A high rise commercial and mixed use building proposed for Lambton Quay. Project was scrapped after the developer went bankrupt. If completed, the building would have been New Zealand's tallest.[43][44]
Lambton Tower	≈120 metres (394 ft)	31	Proposed in 1991 for the Wellington Waterfront.[45]
Wakefield Central	≈75 metres (246 ft)	20	Proposed in 1986 by Chase Corporation on the site now occupied by Courtenay Central.[46][47][48]

History of the Tallest buildings in Wellington

Name	Height	Years Tallest	Other Facts
MLC Building	45 m (148 ft)	1939-1961	9 stories high. Was arguably the tallest in NZ when built
Shell House	46 m (151 ft)	1961-1966	Tallest office building in NZ when built.[49]
Vogel Building	66 m (217 ft)	1966-1968	Was the 2nd tallest in NZ when built
Aurora Centre	68 m (223 ft)	1968-1969	Was the 2nd tallest in NZ when built
Morrison Kent House	76 m (249 ft)	1969-1975	Was the 2nd tallest in NZ (to 1 Queen Street, Auckland) when built
Plimmer Towers	85 m (279 ft)	1975-1984	Was the tallest in NZ when built, is 106m and 31 floors from the Lambton Quay side of the tower
AON Centre	103 m (338 ft)	1984-1991	Was the tallest in NZ when built and is one of Wellington's most iconic buildings
Majestic Centre	116 m (381 ft)	1991–Present	Is the furthest South Skyscraper in the world. Was the tallest in New Zealand when built until the ANZ Centre opened in Auckland a few months later.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Auckland
• List of tallest buildings in Christchurch
• List of tallest buildings in Oceania