Quayside Holdings Limited
Investing in our region’s future
At Bay of Plenty Regional Council, we’re proud to own and work alongside Quayside Holdings Limited—an investment company that provides long term financial security to the region through a diversified portfolio.
The Regional Council expects to receive 23% of its annual revenue from Quayside in 2025/26, reducing the funding required from general rates.
What is Quayside Holdings Limited?
Quayside Holdings Limited is a Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) created by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council in 1991 as a separate investment arm.
Thirty years on, Quayside now manages a diversified commercial investment fund, valued at $2.7 billion. Its role is to preserve and grow the net value of the total portfolio. These investments are across three core portfolios:
- Port of Tauranga shareholding: Currently, a 54.14% share in the Port of Tauranga Limited, New Zealand’s busiest port.
- Investment Portfolio: A diversified, intergenerational endowment fund made up of private equity, real estate, listed equities, and liquid financial instruments.
- Special Purpose Assets: Includes regional benefit assets. This portfolio is currently made up of the Rangiuru Business Park and a small land holding in Tauriko.
Quayside provides an annual dividend to Council. Council uses this to reduce general rates. In the 2025/26 year Bay of Plenty Regional Council will receive a dividend of $48 million from Quayside, which makes up 23% of our Council’s revenue, enhancing service delivery for the community while reducing the financial burden for ratepayers.
We are proud that today Quayside has the second largest investment portfolio of any Regional Council in Aotearoa New Zealand and is one of the Bay of Plenty’s largest investors. In these challenging economic times, we are thankful for the strong financial stewardship Quayside and our Council have provided over the past 30 years.
Let the numbers speak
More value for less cost: What this means for the Bay of Plenty
Every year, Bay of Plenty Regional Council receives money (a dividend) from Quayside. This money helps pay for things Regional Council does. That means more money for things like public transport and environmental protection.
Because Regional Council gets this dividend, we don’t need to charge ratepayers as much. This enables all Bay of Plenty ratepayers to benefit, helping keep rates lower than they would be without it while still delivering important services for everyone in the region.
The Council uses Quayside to benefit our community in several important ways:
- Providing a revenue stream to help maintain current service levels, while enabling council to set lower general rates.
- Providing regional benefit by investing in businesses and infrastructure that create jobs and support economic growth.
- Independently managing the Port of Tauranga shareholding to ensure Regional Council can fulfil its role as an environmental regulator, at arms length. Robust measures are in place to deal with any bias and perceived bias.
Rangiuru Business Park
The Rangiuru Business Park is set to be a thriving, high-quality industrial park in the heart of the Bay of Plenty, unlocking future growth for industry, businesses and the region.
Regional Council has worked alongside Quayside, the lead developer, helping the project to come to fruition. Through $180m of investment, Quayside has enabled key industrial land development in the western Bay of Plenty, creating jobs and regional growth through associated industry.
- Regional Council celebrates the power of partnerships at Rangiuru Business Park milestone
- Rangiuru | Enterprise Business Park Tauranga | New Zealand
