Region

Oceania
CONSTRUCTION COST CALCULATOR
Toggle navigation

RLB CRANE INDEX®

Q3 2025 NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND
country
city
Map View Analytics

RLB CRANE INDEX®

179
+21 (13.3%)

Auckland’s RLB Crane Index® increased by 13.3% in Q3 2025, rising from 158 to 179 points.

Q3 2025

RLB CRANE INDEX®

AUCKLAND

share

  • 2 Min read

Q3 2025

Highlights

Auckland’s RLB Crane Index® increased by 13.3% in Q3 2025, rising from 158 to 179 points. The city now has 59 long-term cranes, up from 52 in the previous edition, with 31 cranes added and 24 removed.

Residential cranes account for 29% of the total, unchanged from Q1. Seventeen cranes are operating across 15 projects, supported by pipelines from institutional developers including Precinct Properties and Simplicity Living, which together have 15 multi-unit residential projects underway or in planning. Nine new cranes were added to residential projects this edition. Tier 2 contractors such as Kalmar and CMP now lead Auckland’s crane count, while Tier 1 contractors remain at historically low levels.

Consent data indicates a slowing pipeline. Overall consents fell by 3.6% in Q2 2025. Residential approvals rose by 0.6%, while non-residential approvals fell by 12.3%. Stats NZ building activity data shows a similar trend, with total work down by 14.0% in Q1 2025 compared with the previous year. Residential activity decreased by 9.0%, and non-residential activity fell by 22.2%.

Current activity by sector:

  • Aged Care: Metlifecare Fairway Gardens (Pakuranga); Huapai Country Club (Huapai)
  • Civic: Domestic Processor Buildings and Piers (Mangere, two cranes)
  • Civil: Watercare Mid-Town Wastewater Diversion (Queen Street); Watercare Central Interceptor – May Road (Mount Roskill); Watercare Central Interceptor – Mount Albert; Watercare Central Interceptor – Grey Lynn; Watercare Central Interceptor – St Lukes; Rosedale Park (Rosedale); Penlink (Stillwater)
  • Commercial: Fisher & Paykel Appliances HQ (Penrose); Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (East Tamaki); Orams Marine Building & Retail (Westhaven/ Wynyard)
  • Health: MPI (Mount Albert)
  • Residential: York House (Parnell); Fabric 2 Apartments (Onehunga); Apartments on Shelly Bay Road (St Mary’s Bay); 130 Ascot Avenue (Remuera, two cranes); Elysian Apartments (Parnell); Chelsea Rise Apartments (Birkenhead)

Cranes were removed from:

  • Civil: Eastern Busway (Pakuranga, three cranes); Watercare Central Interceptor – Mangere Pumping Station (two cranes)
  • Commercial: Wynyard New Office (Auckland Central, two cranes)
  • Residential: Elementum Apartments (Torbay, two cranes)

Q3 2025

Summary

Region Change
AUCKLAND 7
Sector Change
AGED CARE 0
CIVIC 2
CIVIL 0
COMMERCIAL 2
DATA CENTRES 3
EDUCATION -1
HEALTH -1
HOTEL 0
MIXED USE N/A
RECREATION N/A
RESIDENTIAL 2
RETAIL N/A
Increase in number of cranes
Decrease in number of cranes
Crane numbers steady

Q3 2025

Crane Activity

By Region

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q1 2025 % NET Q3 2025 %
AUCKLAND 52 49.5% 31 -24 7 59 50.9%

By Sector

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q1 2025 % NET Q3 2025 %
AGED CARE 7 13.5% 2 -2 0 7 11.9%
CIVIC 2 3.8% 2 0 2 4 6.8%
CIVIL 18 34.6% 10 -10 0 18 30.5%
COMMERCIAL 3 5.8% 4 -2 2 5 8.5%
DATA CENTRES 1 1.9% 3 0 3 4 6.8%
EDUCATION 1 1.9% 0 -1 -1 0 0.0%
HEALTH 3 5.8% 1 -2 -1 2 3.4%
HOTEL 2 3.8% 0 0 0 2 3.4%
MIXED USE 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RECREATION 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RESIDENTIAL 15 28.8% 9 -7 2 17 28.8%
RETAIL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
TOTAL 52 49.5% 31 -24 7 59 50.9%

RLB CRANE INDEX®

PREVIOUS EDITIONS