Matt Cowley: Tauranga Business Association CEO on the Port of Tauranga project being halted

Best of Business · Aug 28, 2025 · 3m · transcript

There's frustrations over yet another delay to a possible extension of the Port of Tauranga wharves.

The Stella Passage development fast-track application has been halted, days before an expert panel was due to begin discussions.

A High Court judge has directed it must not be considered, pending further orders from the court.

Tauranga Business Association CEO Matt Cowley says this is down to the application missing a few words.

Cowley explained the judge therefore ruled it didn't fit the scope, adding it's amazing a sand dune has impacted millions coming into the economy.

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