Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Aokautere
417 new homes were consented in the Palmerston North City council area in the year to September 2026, up 4% on the year before. They also consented $188m of non-residential building work, up 8% on the year before. Below: 75 consents we hold in Aokautere, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Palmerston North City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Palmerston North City, the last five years.
Since 1991: houses and everything else
New homes consented each year, houses against townhouses, flats, units, apartments and retirement village units. The most in one year was 557 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Palmerston North City, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Hospitals and health$64.2m
5 buildings · 7,143 m² new floor area · $7,505/m² new · +1060% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$52.7m
11 buildings · 22,704 m² new floor area · $1,847/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Offices$22.5m
5 buildings · 3,808 m² new floor area · $5,329/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.9m
8 buildings · 3,701 m² new floor area · $3,791/m² new · +275% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$15.1m
3 buildings · 612 m² new floor area · $9,150/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Education$5.2m
3 buildings · 784 m² new floor area · $4,809/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5.2m
3 buildings · 1,312 m² new floor area · $2,607/m² new · +255% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3m
2 buildings · −80% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.6m
11 buildings · 5,139 m² new floor area · $500/m² new · +27% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$85k
+42% on the year before
Consents on record in Aokautere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 75 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 May 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- New homes14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Alterations and additions12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $42k
- Fires and heating10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $8,250
- Garages, sheds and carports10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Pools and spas5
typically $40k
- Commercial alterations3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $280k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $67k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $53k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $700k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.2mConstruct a new four-bed main dwg with separate lounge , Aokautere
- $700kNew 4 bdrm single storey dwg, split floor levels with weatherboard cladding 200 Kingsdale Park Drive, Aokautere
- $285kNew 95 sqm add to the main dwg consisting of gym, lounge, office 67 Brinkburn Lane, Aokautere
- $250kExtension to dwg to add a new separate living room & a new master bdrm 111 Polson Hill Drive, Aokautere
- $86kConstruction of new cyclone buildings steel 9.0m x 9.0m domestic gge 111 Polson Hill Drive, Aokautere
75 consents
- Alterations and additions$250k
Extension to dwg to add a new separate living room & a new master bdrm
- New homes$700k
New 4 bdrm single storey dwg, split floor levels with weatherboard cladding
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$60k
The construction of a new entry, deck & ramp
- Garages, sheds and carports$86k
Construction of new cyclone buildings steel 9.0m x 9.0m domestic gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$28k
Alterations to extend a toilet room to provide a shower
- Commercial alterations$285k
New 95 sqm add to the main dwg consisting of gym, lounge, office
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro xtreme rad freestanding wood fire,
- New homes$1.2m
Construct a new four-bed main dwg with separate lounge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a metro r1 freestanding wood fire into 2nd lounge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$51k
Totalspan 7.2m x 7.2m x 2.4m gge
- Alterations and additions$49k
To relocate a brand-new, yard-built home to site as per site plan,
- Alterations and additions$12k
Building works that are required as rectification works to support 3x coas lodged
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
7.2m x 7.2m Versatile gge
- New homes$500k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- New homes$1.6m
The construction of a new single storey off-grid res dwg
- Alterations and additions$150k
Add to main house
- Alterations and additions$30k
Make bigger 2 openings down stairs in dining room & lounge room to engineers plans, build pagola
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Totalspan 20m x 8m x 4.2m shed
- Fires and heating$11k
Install a metro xtreme rad base in the family room.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$80k
Existing house - remove existing direct fix cladding & reclad with bgc stratum vertical cladding
- Relocated buildings$66k
Relocate a single storey 48m2 dwg
- New homes$367k
Construct 3 bdrm dwg with dbl gge & open plan living
- Pools and spas$60k
Installation of a swimming pool & glass pool fencing.
- Fires and heating$11k
Install a pyro classic wood fire in the family room.
- New homes$1.8m
New two storey dwg
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Suburbs in Aokautere
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Aokautere?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 417 new homes consented in the Palmerston North City council area, with $215m of residential and $188m of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.