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Seaports in New Zealand

New Zealand has 22 portsin the World Port Index — 2 large deep-water ports, 1 medium and 19 smaller harbours. They sit on South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean, Cook Strait; South Pacific Ocean. Below: how they split by size, and the biggest harbours. From the NGA World Port Index, snapshot 2026-06-22.

PORTS22

LARGE · MEDIUM2 · 1

ONSouth Pacific Ocean

By harbour size

Large2 · 9%

Medium1 · 5%

Small10 · 45%

Very small9 · 41%

Biggest ports in New Zealand

The largest harbours in the snapshot, with their water body and harbour type.

largeWellingtonCook Strait; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · NZ WLGmax 325 m

largeAucklandSouth Pacific Ocean · River (Natural) · NZ AKL

mediumManukau HarborTasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · NZ MCY

smallPictonCook Strait; South Pacific Ocean · River (Basins) · NZ PCNmax 362 m

smallOtago HarborSouth Pacific Ocean · River (Basins) · NZ ORRmax 348 m

smallTaurangaSouth Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Natural) · NZ TRGmax 348 m

smallTimaruSouth Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · NZ TIUmax 286 m

smallNelsonTasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · NZ NSNmax 243 m

smallBluff HarborSouth Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · NZ BLU

smallGisborneSouth Pacific Ocean · River (Basins) · NZ GIS

smallNapierSouth Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · NZ NPE

smallNew PlymouthTasman Sea; South Pacific Ocean · Coastal (Breakwater) · NZ NPL

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