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Q3 2025 NEW ZEALAND TAURANGA
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RLB CRANE INDEX®

700
+150 (27.3%)

Tauranga’s RLB Crane Index® increased from 550 to 700 in Q3 2025.

Q3 2025

RLB CRANE INDEX®

TAURANGA

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Q3 2025

Highlights

Tauranga’s RLB Crane Index® increased from 550 to 700 in Q3 2025. The city now has 14 long-term cranes, up from 11, with three additional cranes and no removals.

Current activity by sector:

  • Aged Care: The Pitau (Mount Maunganui, two cranes)
  • Education: Mount Maunganui College (Mount Maunganui)

Cranes continue to be positioned at the Northern Quarter and Te Manawataki o Te Papa Community Hub. Civil and commercial projects still make up the largest share of crane activity in the region.

Building consents in the North Island (excluding Auckland, Waikato, and Wellington) fell by 14.2% in Q2 2025 compared to the same quarter in 2024, decreasing from $2.0 billion to $1.7 billion. Residential approvals dropped by 13.9%, while non-residential approvals declined by 14.7%. Overall, building work completed in Q1 2025 decreased by 7.9% year-on-year, with residential activity down 11.8% and non-residential activity easing by 1.0%.

Q3 2025

Summary

Region Change
TAURANGA 3
Sector Change
AGED CARE 2
CIVIC 0
CIVIL 0
COMMERCIAL 0
DATA CENTRES N/A
EDUCATION 1
HEALTH N/A
HOTEL N/A
MIXED USE 0
RECREATION N/A
RESIDENTIAL N/A
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 %
TAURANGA 11 10.5% 3 0 3 14 12.1%

By Sector

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q1 2025 % NET Q3 2025 %
AGED CARE 0 0.0% 2 0 2 2 14.3%
CIVIC 1 9.1% 0 0 0 1 7.1%
CIVIL 6 54.5% 0 0 0 6 42.9%
COMMERCIAL 3 27.3% 0 0 0 3 21.4%
DATA CENTRES 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
EDUCATION 0 0.0% 1 0 1 1 7.1%
HEALTH 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
HOTEL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
MIXED USE 1 9.1% 0 0 0 1 7.1%
RECREATION 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RESIDENTIAL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
RETAIL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
TOTAL 11 10.5% 3 0 3 14 12.1%

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