This list of tallest buildings in Auckland ranks skyscraper

Skyscraper

A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...

s in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand by height. The tallest building in Auckland is currently the Vero Centre

Vero Centre

The Vero Centre is a high rise office tower located in Auckland, New Zealand. Constructed in 2000, it was Auckland's first major tower built since the 1980s. The centre contains a health club and gymnasium, main entry public foyer, retail outlets in the 5 podium levels and 32 office levels...

, which rises 175 metres (574.1 ft). However the tallest structure in Auckland is the Sky Tower

Sky Tower

The Sky Tower is an observation and telecommunications tower located on the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets in the Auckland CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. It is tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern...

, which rises 328 metres (1,076.1 ft).

Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Auckland skyscrapers that stand at least 70 metres (229.7 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details and include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

Rank	Name	Height m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...  / feet	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Vero Centre Vero Centre The Vero Centre is a high rise office tower located in Auckland, New Zealand. Constructed in 2000, it was Auckland's first major tower built since the 1980s. The centre contains a health club and gymnasium, main entry public foyer, retail outlets in the 5 podium levels and 32 office levels...	172 / 574	38	2000
2	Metropolis Metropolis (Auckland building) Metropolis is a 40-storey residential / hotel skyscraper in the Auckland CBD of Auckland, New Zealand, developed in 1999 by Krukziener Properties. Commended for its style and quality, the NZ$180 million cost of its construction also led to major financial fallout. Metropolis is considered one of...	155 / 508	39	1999
3	ANZ Centre	143 / 469	35	1991
4	Pricewaterhousecoopers Tower	142 / 465	29	2002
5	Oaks Residences (The Harbour City)	130 / 426	29	2006
6	Lumley Centre	125 / 410	29	2005
7	The Sentinel Apartments Sentinel (building) The Sentinel is a luxury residential skyscraper in Takapuna, the central business area of North Shore City, New Zealand. The largest and currently only real skyscraper in the city, it has 30 levels and is 150 m tall including spire...	120 / 393	29	2007
8	Quay West	117 / 383	20	1997
9	ASB Bank Centre	116/ 380	1991
10	Precinct Apartments	115 / 377	33	2003
11	Crowne Plaza Crowne Plaza Crowne Plaza is a chain of full service, upscale hotels catering to business travelers and to the meetings and conventions market. It forms part of the InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands, which include InterContinental and Holiday Inn and operates in 52 countries, usually located in...	110 / 360	29	1990
12	BNZ Tower (Auckland)	106/ 347	28	1982
13	IAG Tower	104 / 341	29	1988
14	Deloitte Centre Deloitte Centre The Deloitte Centre is a high rise office tower located in Auckland, New Zealand. Built between 2006–2009, it contains 18 levels and office as well as 4 basement car parks and 3 levels of plant, and a special two storey high architectural feature on the top giving a total height of 100m...	100 / 328	23	2009
15	Phillips Fox Tower	92 / 302	23	1987
16	Qantas House	92 / 302	24	1986
17	CityLife Auckland	90 / 295	26	1998
18	City Gardens	90/ 295	28	2004
19	Stamford Plaza Auckland	88 / 289	20	1983
20	AMP Tower (Quay Tower)	87/ 285	22	1980
21	Rifleman Tower	85 / 279	26	1900
22	Gen-i Tower	85 / 279	22	2000
23	HSBC Building	81/ 265	20	1973
24	AXA Centre	80/ 262	20	1995
25	National Bank Tower	80 / 285	17	1988
26	SkyCity Grand	75 / 246	24	2004
27	Altitude Apartments	75 / 246	22	2004
28	Telecom Tower (Auckland)	75 / 246	18	2000
29	West Plaza West Plaza West Plaza is a neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri located just west of the Country Club Plaza district. It is an eclectic urban neighborhood of single family housing, small apartment buildings, and storefront businesses....	74 / 243	18	1974
30	Civic Building (Auckland City Council)	71 / 233	20	1966
31	The Quadrant Hotel	70 / 230	24	2006
32	The Wiltshire On Victoria	70 / 230	21	2006
33	UniLodge on Anzac	70 / 230	19	2002
34	CityZone	70/ 230	20	2004
35	AMP NZ Office Trust. 21 Queen St	70 / 230	17	2009

Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed

Name	Height* m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...  / feet	Floors*	Year*	Notes
Elliot Tower Elliot Tower Elliot Tower is a proposed residential skyscraper in Auckland, New Zealand. Designed by the architect Gordon Moller, it would be the tallest building in New Zealand and the second-tallest freestanding structure in Auckland, with its height proposed at 232m being 55 m higher than the next...	232 / 761	52	2014	This object has been approved, but construction has been suspended. It will surpass Vero Centre and become Auckland's second tallest structure after the Sky Tower Sky Tower The Sky Tower is an observation and telecommunications tower located on the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets in the Auckland CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. It is tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern... .
The Antipodean The Antipodean The Antipodean was an annual Australian illustrated literary periodical first published in 1892. It was edited by George Essex Evans in 1892, 1893 and 1897, with co-editors John Tighe Ryan and Banjo Paterson...	130 / 426	39		Approved
Westfield Downtown Westfield Downtown Westfield Downtown is a smaller shopping centre with 12,417 m² gross lettable area in the Auckland CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. It is situated at 11-19 Customs Street West between Lower Albert Street and the Britomart Transport Centre....	168 / 548	41		Approved