Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Āpiti
156 new homes were consented in the Manawatu District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $18m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. Below: 20 consents we hold in Āpiti, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Manawatu District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Manawatu District, 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 260 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 — Manawatu District, 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.
- Farm buildings$7.5m
64 buildings · 17,256 m² new floor area · $418/m² new · +39% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.5m
1 building · 1,158 m² new floor area · $3,022/m² new · +463% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 532 m² new floor area · $3,853/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2m
1 building · 779 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −43% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$545k
−22% on the year before
- Offices$357k
1 building · 82 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$315k
2 buildings · 672 m² new floor area · $342/m² new · +89% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$237k
−92% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−45% on the year before
Consents on record in Āpiti
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 20 from 1 May 2021 to 1 Aug 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 homes7
typically $315k
- Fires and heating5
typically $9,300
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Alterations and additions2
typically $190k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $16k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $15k260685 - lot 1 - relocation of skyline gge. New concrete floor. Note: existing skyline gge consent documents have been attached from original location 14 Bryce Street, Āpiti
20 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
260685 - lot 1 - relocation of skyline gge. New concrete floor. Note: existing skyline gge consent documents have been attached from original location
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a Kent Ruapehu free standing wood fire in a gge
- Fires and heating$9,300
Install a Metro Ltd xtreme rad leg freestanding wood fire. Replacing existing wood fire.
- Alterations and additions$180k
240963 - future lot 1 - pre-existing dwg, relocated to this property.
- Alterations and additions$200k
240964 - future lot 3 - pre-existing dwg, relocated to this property
- Fires and heating$10k
Installation of yunca monte c/air base fire, flue system & flashing
- Fires and heating$32k
P2 - new woodburner & toilet area to be installed in the gge. Please note that the consented dwg will not be proceeding.##p1 - 2 bdrm dwg plus separate gge with carport
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$16k
Install gravity fed septic tank & trenches
- New homes$313k
2 bdrm detached dwg with internal single gge dwg
- New homes$315k
2 bdrm dwg with internal single gge dwg
- New homes$315k
2 bdrm dwg with internal single gge dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Add of bathrm to existing shed
- New homes$325k
New detached dwg with internal single gge dwg
- New homes$325k
2 bdrm dwg with internal single gge dwg
- New homes$375k
3 bdrm dwg with attached single gge dwg
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install metro smart insert ca woodfire in lounge with std flue & new chimney cap flashing
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$20k
Create engineer designed foundations for the council compliant attachment of a tiny home to the ground. Connection of stormwater to water tank & wastewater to consented septic tank
- New homes$83k
Coa - prefab houseme transportable house with 2 bedrooms, bathrm & kitchen
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
P2 - installation of septic tank & waste disposal system as per plans from engineer dave millar & installed by wright tanks Ltd##p1 - build new carport
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Build new carport
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Suburbs in Āpiti
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Āpiti?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 156 new homes consented in the Manawatu District council area, with $93.4m of residential and $18m 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.