| Rank | Name | Image | City | Height | Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | Sky Tower |  | Auckland | 328 metres (1,076 ft) | 71 equivalent | 1997 | Tallest structure in New Zealand. 2nd tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| 2 | New Plymouth Power Station chimney |  | New Plymouth | 198 metres (650 ft) | none | 1974 | Decommissioned in 2008 but the chimney still stands.[1] |
| 3 | PwC Tower at Commercial Bay |  | Auckland | 180.1 metres (591 ft) | 41[2] | 2020 | Topped out in June 2019, and it is currently the tallest building in New Zealand. |
| 4 | The Pacifica |  | Auckland | 178 metres (584 ft)[3] | 57 | 2020 | Tallest residential building and by floor count in New Zealand |
| 5 | Vero Centre |  | Auckland | 172 metres (564 ft) | 38 | 2000 | 2nd tallest office building in New Zealand.[4] |
| 6= | Waipipi Wind Farm turbines |  | nearWaverley | 160 metres (525 ft) | none | 2020 | 31 turbines, 95 m (312 ft) to hub, 130 m (427 ft) rotor diameter. Tallest wind turbines in New Zealand.[5] |
| 6= | 51 Albert Street | | Auckland | 160 metres (525 ft) | 41 | 2024 |
| 7 | Metropolis |  | Auckland | 155 metres (509 ft) | 40 | 1999 | [6] |
| 8 | ANZ Centre |  | Auckland | 151 metres (495 ft) | 35 | 1991 | [7][8] |
| 9= | Huntly Power Station chimneys |  | Huntly | 150 metres (492 ft) | none | 1983 | Power station main chimneys[9] |
| 9= | The Sentinel Apartments |  | Auckland | 150 metres (492 ft) | 30 | 2007 | [10][11][12] |
| 11 | HSBC Tower | | Auckland | 142 metres (466 ft) | 30 | 2002 | Former Pwc Tower[13] |
| 12= | Titahi Bay AM radio transmitter, second mast | | Porirua | 137 metres (449 ft) | none | 1937/1979 | [14] |
| 12= | Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter chimney | | nearBluff | 137 metres (449 ft) | none | 1970 | [15] |
| 14 | Voco Hotel and Holiday Inn | | Auckland | 135 metres (443 ft) | 41 | 2021 | |
| 15 | Oaks Residences | | Auckland | 130 metres (427 ft) | 38 | 2006 | [16] |
| 16 | Lumley Centre | | Auckland | 125 metres (410 ft) | 29 | 2005 | [17] |
| 17 | Sugarloaf television transmitter tower |  | Christchurch | 121 metres (397 ft) | none | 1965 | Height from sea level to top is 614 m.[18] |
| 18 | Quay West | | Auckland | 117 metres (384 ft) | 20 | 1997 | [19] |
| 19= | Majestic Centre |  | Wellington | 116 metres (381 ft) | 29 | 1991 | Tallest office building in Wellington.[20] |
| 19= | ASB Bank Centre | | Auckland | 116 metres (381 ft) | 29 | 1991 | [21] |
| 21 | Precinct Apartments | | Auckland | 115 metres (377 ft) | 33 | 2003 | [22] |
| 22 | Crowne Plaza | | Auckland | 110 metres (361 ft) | 29 | 1990 | [23] |
| 23 | Parks Residences | | Auckland | 109 metres (358 ft) | 30 | 2018 | [24] |
| 24 | Queen's Residences | | Auckland | 107 metres (358 ft) | 29 | 2016 | [25] |
| 25 | BNZ Tower | | Auckland | 106 metres (348 ft) | 28 | 1987 | [26] |
| 26= | Ohaaki Power Station cooling tower | | 30 km NE ofTaupō | 105 metres (344 ft) | none | 1989 | [27] |
| 26= | Mount Cargill television transmitter | | Dunedin | 105 metres (344 ft) | none | 1970 | [28] |
| 28= | IAG Tower | | Auckland | 104 metres (341 ft) | 29 | 1988 | Formerly the headquarters ofFay Richwhite.[29] |
| 28= | DLA Piper Tower | | Auckland | 104 metres (341 ft) | 26 | 1987 | [30][31] |
| 30 | State Insurance Building |  | Wellington | 103 metres (338 ft) | 26 | 1984 | Headquarters of theBNZ from 1984 to 1998.[32] |
| 31 | HSBC Tower, Wellington | | Wellington | 101 metres (331 ft) | 25 | 2003 | [33] |
| 32= | Waiatarua television transmitter | | Auckland | 100 metres (328 ft) | none | 1965 | [34] |
| 32= | Mount Kaukau television transmitter |  | Wellington | 100 metres (328 ft) | none | 1967 | Originally 122 metres (400 ft), height reduced in 2022.[35][36] |
| 34 | 80 Queen Street |  | Auckland | 100 metres (328 ft) | 23 | 2009 | [37] |
| 35 | 120 Albert Street | | Auckland | 95 metres (312 ft) | 26 | 1990 | [38][39] |
| 36 | Vodafone on The Park |  | Wellington | 93 metres (305 ft) | 25 | 1998 | Formerly Mobil on the Park.[40] |
| 37= | Wharite Peak television transmitter |  | nearWoodville | 92 metres (302 ft) | none | 1966 | Originally 122 metres (400 ft), height reduced in 2015 and 2019.[41] |
| 37= | Qantas House | | Auckland | 92 metres (302 ft) | 24 | 1986 | [42] |
| 39= | CityLife Auckland | | Auckland | 90 metres (295 ft) | 26 | 1998 | [43] |
| 39= | City Gardens | | Auckland | 90 metres (295 ft) | 28 | 2004 | [44] |
| 39= | Bowen House |  | Wellington | 90 metres (295 ft) | 22 | 1991 | Tallest Government building.[45] |
| 42= | National Bank Tower | | Auckland | 88 metres (289 ft) | 21 | 1988 | FormerlyArthur Andersen Tower.[46][47][48] |
| 42= | Stamford Plaza Auckland | | Auckland | 88 metres (289 ft) | 20 | 1983/2008 | Extra storeys were added in 2008.[49] |
| 42= | InterContinental Wellington | | Wellington | 88 metres (289 ft) | 26 | 1988 | [50] |
| 45 | AMP Tower (Quay Tower) | | Auckland | 87 metres (285 ft) | 22 | 1980 | [51] |
| 46 | Pacific Tower |  | Christchurch | 86 metres (282 ft) | 23 | 2010 | Tallest building in the South Island.[52] |
| 47 | Gen-i Tower | | Auckland | 85 metres (279 ft) | 22 | 2000 | [53] |
| 48 | TravelodgePlimmer Towers |  | Wellington | 84 metres (276 ft) | 20 | 1975 | Originally built as the Williams Centre.[54] Tallest building in Wellington until 1984.[55][56] |
| 49 | 1 Queen Street | | Auckland | 81 metres (266 ft) | 20 | 1973 | Former HSBC Building[57] |
| 50= | AXA Centre | | Auckland | 80 metres (262 ft) | 20 | 1995 | [58] |
| 50= | Victoria Residences | | Auckland | 80 metres (262 ft) | 24 | 2018 | [59] |
| 52 | 125 The Terrace | | Wellington | 77 metres (253 ft) | 21 | 1986 | [60] |
| 53= | SkyCity Grand | | Auckland | 75 metres (246 ft) | 24 | 2004 | [61] |
| 53= | Altitude Apartments | | Auckland | 75 metres (246 ft) | 22 | 2004 | [62] |
| 55 | West Plaza | | Auckland | 74 metres (243 ft) | 18 | 1974 | [63] |