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Majestic Centre Wellington Bond Street
The Majestic Centre, the tallest building in Wellington
BNZ Tower
The Aon Centre, the 2nd tallest building in Wellington
Looking down on downtown buildings
Dimension Data Tower (left), Forsyth Barr House, and Bayleys Building
Bowen House Beehive Parliament
Bowen House (left) and the Beehive

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. The Majestic Centre is the tallest skyscraper in the city at 116 metres (381 ft).

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 Floors Built 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
4 NTT Tower 93 m (305 ft) 25 1998 Office Formerly Mobil on the Park, Vodafone on the Park and Dimension Data Tower
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 Hotel 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
10 The Beehive 72 m (236 ft) 10 1981 Office
11 113 The Terrace 72 m (236 ft) 19 1988 Office Formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower; currently the home of Wellington City Council
12 111 Dixon Street 70 m (230 ft) 20 2019 Residential
13 Maritime Tower 70 m (230 ft) 18 2006 Office
14 Grant Thornton House 70 m (230 ft) 18 1983 Office Formerly known as ANZ Tower
15 Westpac Tower 70 m (230 ft) 18 1978 Office
16 Chews Lane Tower 70 m (230 ft) 19 2009 Office/Residential
17 Aurora Centre 68 m (223 ft) 19 1968 Office Was the tallest building in Wellington when completed. Underwent a major facelift in 2016-17
18 Equinox House 68 m (223 ft) 16 1987 Office
19 Radio New Zealand House 68 m (223 ft) 13 1963 Office
20 Fujitsu Tower 66 m (217 ft) 18 1985 Office Formerly known as Caltex Tower
21 Novell House 66 m (217 ft) 17 1975 Office
22 No.1 The Terrace 66 m (217 ft) 17 1978 Office Headquarters of the New Zealand Treasury
23 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
24 Reserve Bank of New Zealand 66 m (217 ft) 16 1972 Office
25 AXA Tower 65 m (213 ft) 17 1989 Office
26 The Freyberg Building 65 m (213 ft) 15 1979 Office The adjoining 7 storey Freyberg House (2007) was demolished after the 2016 earthquake.
27 20 Customhouse Quay 62 m (203 ft) 14 2018 Commercial Replaced BP House, which was originally built in 1968 and demolished following the 2013 Seddon earthquake.
28 Charles Fergusson Building 61 m (200 ft) 17 1976 Office
29 New Zealand Police National Headquarters 60.47 m (198 ft) 17 1979 Office Formerly FAI Insurance House.
30 Bolton Hotel 60 m (197 ft) 20 2004 Hotel
31 Sovereign Insurance Centre 60 m (197 ft) 17 1984 Office
32 Bayleys Building 60 m (197 ft) 16 1989 Office
33 Two Hunter Street 60 m (197 ft) 16 1991 Office
34 City Tower 60 m (197 ft) 16 1991 Office
35 Jellioce Towers 60 m (197 ft) 16 1965 Residential Was the tallest Residential building in Wellington when built
36 Forsyth Barr House 60 m (197 ft) 16 1989 Office
37 Pastoral House 60 m (197 ft) 15 1978 Office
38 Rydges Hotel 57 m (187 ft) 16 2006 Hotel Originally opened as a Holiday Inn
39 Alcatel Lucent House 57 m (187 ft) 15 1988 Office Formerly Telecom House
40 Quest on Johnston 55 m (180 ft) 18 2000 Hotel
41 Terrace Heights Apartments 55 m (180 ft) 17 1999 Residential
42 Stafford House 55 m (180 ft) 14 1977 Residential Originally an office, now university housing.
43 Avalon Studios 55 m (180 ft) 11 1969 Office Tallest building in Wellington outside of the CBD
44 Sir Robet Jones Tower 52 m (171 ft) 14 2019 Office
45 National War Memorial 51 m (167 ft) 1932 Bell and clock tower
46 20 Oriental Parade 50 m (164 ft) 16 Residential
47 Mercer Tower 50 m (164 ft) 15 1989 Office
48 Public Trust Building 50 m (164 ft) 15 1982 Office
49 Investment House 50 m (164 ft) 15 1977 Office
50 Simpl House 50 m (164 ft) 15 1987 Office
51 Willeston Centre 50 m (164 ft) 14 1984? Office Originally the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Building.
52 AMI Plaza 50 m (164 ft) 14 Office
53 Rutherford House 50 m (164 ft) 14 1975 Office Originally the headquarters of the NZ Electricity Department.
54 Sovereign House 50 m (164 ft) 14 1988 Office
55 Castrol House 50 m (164 ft) 14 1987 Office
56 Westpac Trust Investment House 50 m (164 ft) 14 1982 Office
57 Technology One House 50 m (164 ft) 13 1987 Office Formerly known as the Renouf Centre and Terenco Finance House
58 BNZ Trust House 50 m (164 ft) 13 1985 Office
59 Guardian Trust House 50 m (164 ft) 13 1984 Office
60 Optimation House 50 m (164 ft) 12 1979 Office

Under construction, approved or proposed

Name Height Floors Built Purpose Notes
1 One Whitmore Street 63 m (207 ft) 14 2023 Commercial BNZ's Wellington office.
2 Pinnacle on Victoria 50 m (164 ft) 17 2020/2021 Residential
3 Willis St concept tower 134 m (440 ft) 32 ? Mixed-use

Demolished

Name Height Floors Built Purpose Notes
Revera House 50 m (164 ft) 10 1990 Office Formerly AT&T Tower and Hitachi House. Demolished 2018 following damage due to the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake.
61 Molesworth St 37 m (121 ft) 10 1965 Office Formerly ICI House. Demolished 2016-2017 following damage due to the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake.

Cancelled

Name Height* Floors* Notes
NZ1 263 m (863 ft) 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.
Lambton Tower ≈120 metres (394 ft) 31 Proposed in 1991 for the Wellington Waterfront.

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.
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 building opened in Auckland a few months later.

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