This report summarises the stock assessment of hake off the west coast South Island (WCSI) in HAK 7 for the 2021–22 fishing year. The index of abundance was the WCSI trawl survey. Initial spawning stock biomass was estimated as 78 870 t (95% CIs 74 140–84 810) with current status of 39% B0 (95% CIs 30–52% B0). Five-year projections showed that biomass would increase under average recruitment but would remain flat if future recruitments were low and catches were the same as the TACC.