Wellington’s modern waterfront

The advent of containerisation and roll on/roll off shipping in the 1970s and the changing needs they brought with them meant that the waterfront fast became an industrial wasteland and sparked interest in transforming Wellington’s waterfront.

And that is where the Wellington Harbour Board, Wellington City Council and some key players with a vision for the city came in.
 
It was to take many years, many public consultations and many draft plans and proposals before the waterfront started to transform into what it is today.

The first major step forward came in 1986 with the Harbour Board and the Council signing a joint venture agreement setting up two companies to manage and administer a project to develop the waterfront – Lambton Harbour Overview Ltd and Lambton Harbour Management Ltd.

And in 1987 an Empowerment Act allowed the Lambton Harbour Development Project to proceed.

For more information on how that development progressed, click here.