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International software company Seequent sites new global headquarters at landmark Christchurch site

5 Jan 2026

One of Christchurch’s largest technology employers is shifting global headquarters in early 2027, to 224 Cashel Street, the landmark building opposite Christchurch’s new stadium Te Kaha.

Seequent is moving 300 Christchurch-based staff – and their dogs – from their current location at 20 Moorhouse Avenue to the top two floors of the refurbished Cashel Street building, formerly known as the IRD building.

The office will feature presentation and entertainment spaces, games centre, comprehensive multimedia capabilities, cycle parking and a terrace with views across the city.

At over 4000m2, the office has the capacity to accommodate significant planned staffing growth and will cater for the large number of local, national, and international visitors that regularly visit Seequent’s headquarters.

Seequent is a stand-alone business unit of Nasdaq-listed infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems, which acquired the Kiwi founded and headquartered company for NZD1.4bn in 2021. Christchurch colleagues are part of an 850-strong team based at more than 26 locations across the globe.

CEO Graham Grant said: ‘After 15 years, we are delighted to be moving back into the heart of the Christchurch Central City to create our new flagship headquarters. Seequent is proud to continue to call Christchurch our home. It’s an attractive location for talent and home to a rapidly-growing technology industry.’

Seequent is transforming industries with their world-leading earth-modelling, analysis and data management software. The origins of Seequent’s software more than 20 years ago lies in the maths department at the University of Canterbury. Ongoing collaboration with the University includes a hydrogen storage project. Other New Zealand projects the software has been used on include Auckland City Rail Link and in the operation of Contact Energy’s geothermal power stations including Tauhara. Internationally, recent projects include the Vienna Metro and contamination clean up in Brazil and even modelling ice-water on the moon.

Business Canterbury Chief Executive Leeann Watson, said: ‘Seequent exemplifies the expansion of the Canterbury economy into a globally recognised hub for innovation and technology. Their commitment to Christchurch and the region reflects the depth of expertise and ambition that has emerged here over the past 20 years. The collaboration between world-leading organisations like Seequent and the University of Canterbury, both members of Business Canterbury, is a powerful demonstration of the region’s growth and its role on the global stage.’

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