Billions in play: Major energy, mining and housing projects await pre-Christmas go-ahead

Tweaking the levers on a construction crane, Chris Bishop also plans to tweak his Fast-track Approvals Act. (Image: Garth Bray / BusinessDesk)

Garth Bray

Fri, 26 Sep 2025

Port of Auckland and Ngāti Whātua laid on a ceremonial opening for the first fast-tracked project to break ground on Friday morning, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon mounting a digger to symbolically lift and dump the first pile of rubble on the Bledisloe North Wharf expansion, shortly before actual work began.The 330m cruise ship berth construction project is estimated to take between 14 and 16 months to complete.“This wharf will be open during next cruise season; the terminal will be ready at the beginning of cruise season next yea...

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