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Q1 2025 NEW ZEALAND TAURANGA
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RLB CRANE INDEX®

550
-100 (15.38%)

The RLB Crane Index® decreased by 100 index points to 550 index points in Tauranga.

Q1 2025

RLB CRANE INDEX®

TAURANGA

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Q1 2025

Highlights

The removal of two cranes with no additional new long-term cranes sees 11 cranes in the region.

Existing cranes remained at the, Northern Quarter and Te Manawataki o Te Papa Community Hub projects.

No new long-term cranes were installed.

Two cranes were removed from the Panorama Towers and Tauranga City Council’s new office building at 90 Devonport Road.

Building consents place in the North Island (excluding the Auckland, Waikato and Wellington regions) fell by 8.4% from $4.7b in 2023, to $4.3b in 2024. The residential sector fell by 8.6%, while the non-residential sector fell by 8.1%.

Overall building work put in place was up by 0.4% in 2024, with residential activity down 3.9% to $3.5bn and non-residential activity up by 8.0%.

Q1 2025

Summary

Region Change
TAURANGA -2
Sector Change
AGED CARE N/A
CIVIC 0
CIVIL -1
COMMERCIAL -1
DATA CENTRES N/A
EDUCATION N/A
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

Q1 2025

Crane Activity

By Region

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q3 2024 % NET Q1 2025 %
TAURANGA 13 10.5% 0 -2 -2 11 10.5%

By Sector

OPENING / CLOSING COUNT COMPARISON

OPENING COUNT MOVEMENT CLOSING COUNT
Q3 2024 % NET Q1 2025 %
AGED CARE 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
CIVIC 1 7.7% 0 0 0 1 9.1%
CIVIL 7 53.8% 0 -1 -1 6 54.5%
COMMERCIAL 4 30.8% 0 -1 -1 3 27.3%
DATA CENTRES 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
EDUCATION 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
HEALTH 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
HOTEL 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 0.0%
MIXED USE 1 7.7% 0 0 0 1 9.1%
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 13 10.5% 0 -2 -2 11 10.5%

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