Port of Tauranga

Port of Tauranga is New Zealand's largest port by volume of cargo and New Zealand's international freight gateway. It operates wharves at Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Timaru, as well as MetroPort Auckland, a rail-linked inland port in South Auckland and MetroPort Christchurch, an intermodal freight hub in Rolleston. 

The Port of Tauranga Group includes: Quality Marshalling (100% ownership), a specialist cargo handling company; Coda (50% ownership), a freight logistics group; Northport (50% ownership), which operates a deep water commercial port in Whangarei; PrimePort Timaru (50% ownership), which operates the commercial port in Timaru; Timaru Container Terminal (100% ownership), which leases and operates the container terminal at Timaru and PortConnect (50% ownership), an online cargo management system.

The company was listed on NZX since May 1992 under the symbol of POT. In February 2002 it completed a $1:8 share cancellation with a price of $8.00 per cancelled share. In November 2011 it completed a 2:1 share split.



Company Details

Registered Office: Salisbury Avenue, Mount Maunganui 3116
Postal Address: Private Bag 12504, Tauranga Mail Centre, Tauranga 3143
Telephone: +64 7 572 8899
Facsimile: +64 7 572 8800
Website: http://www.port-tauranga.co.nz/
First Listed: 05/05/1992
Balance Date: 30 June
AGM: 31/10/2025

Directors and Executives

Alison Andrew
Independent Director
Dean Bracewell
Independent Director
Julia Hoare
Chair
Simon Kebbell
Chief Financial Officer
Doug Leeder
Director
Rochelle Lockley
Media Contact
Robert McLeod
Director
Leonard Sampson
Chief Executive Officer
Brodie Stevens
Independent Director
Fraser Whineray
Director

Announcements

Title Date Type
POT Capital Change Notice Wed, Oct 15 2025 09:28 am SECISSUE
POT Capital Change Notice Tue, Oct 14 2025 09:35 am SECISSUE
POT Capital Change Notice Fri, Oct 10 2025 02:15 pm SECISSUE
POT - Announcement of Share Buy-Back Fri, Oct 03 2025 02:34 pm CORPACT
Northport obtains resource consent for expansion Fri, Oct 03 2025 12:54 pm GENERAL
D&O Ongoing Disclosure Notices - Multiple Mon, Sep 22 2025 10:57 am SHINTR
Port of Tauranga lodges ministerial referral application Fri, Sep 19 2025 02:41 pm GENERAL
Capital Change Notice - LTI PSR issue 19 Sep 2025 Fri, Sep 19 2025 01:57 pm SECISSUE
D&O Ongoing Disclosure Notices - Multiple Thu, Sep 18 2025 02:48 pm SHINTR
Financial assistance for the purchase of shares Thu, Sep 18 2025 01:33 pm GENERAL

Major Holdings Announcements

No major holdings

Director’s Interests Announcements

Date Name No. Held % Details Other
13/03/25 Leonard Ernest Sampson 90,421 - - -
13/03/25 Simon Randall Kebbell 13,967 - - -
07/11/24 Alison Moira Andrew 29,750 - - -
03/04/24 Julia Hoare 10,500 - - -
03/11/23 Fraser Whineray 6,300 - - -
04/08/22 John Brodie Stevens 16,750 - - -
03/03/22 Dean John Bracewell 15,000 - - -
02/10/20 Mark Cairns 467,741 - - -
31/03/20 David Alan Pilkington 15,000 - - -
12/09/19 Steve Gray 304,146 - - -
15/09/16 Scott Pritchard 542,204 0.40 - -

Analysts’ Forecasts

No forecasts available

Disclaimer

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Last Updated: 04/09/2025


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