There are plans to sink a 60m-long ship off Mana Island, northwest of Wellington, for use as a dive wreck.
The move follows the granting of resource consent to a charitable trust, SinkF69, to sink HMNZS Wellington off Wellington's south coast.
Business Porirua managing director Mandy Natusch said local businesses wanted tosink a ship off Mana Island's north-east coast, which was well-protected from high seas and easy for dive boats to access.
SinkF69 chairman Marco Zeeman said HMNZS Wellington was likely to be sunk near Taputeranga Island in 2005.
