Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ātiamuri
313 new homes were consented in the Taupo District council area in the year to September 2026, down 9% on the year before. They also consented $77.9m of non-residential building work, up 3% on the year before. Below: 34 consents we hold in Ātiamuri, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Taupo District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Taupo 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 437 in 2004.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Taupo 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$28.2m
2 buildings · 10,287 m² new floor area · $1,968/m² new · +192% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.3m
38 buildings · 16,952 m² new floor area · $536/m² new · +146% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$8.4m
2 buildings · 1,348 m² new floor area · $6,102/m² new · +319% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.4m
4 buildings · 2,502 m² new floor area · $2,838/m² new · +66% on the year before
- Education$6.7m
3 buildings · 647 m² new floor area · $4,490/m² new · −64% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$5.1m
2 buildings · 458 m² new floor area · $10,262/m² new
- Offices$4.1m
3 buildings · 132 m² new floor area · $3,598/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.9m
15 buildings · 837 m² new floor area · $4,007/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3m
4 buildings · 705 m² new floor area · $3,262/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.7m
4 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $719/m² new · −85% on the year before
Consents on record in Ātiamuri
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 34 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jul 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.
- Fires and heating8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $24k
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $657k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $25k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $657kRes new 3 bdrm 2.5 bathrooms, brick veneer 13 Monowai Drive, Ātiamuri
- $99kLounge extension with new relocated kitchen , Tirohanga
- $25kRelocate kitchen to ex bdrm. Remove walls & install new 3 Moana Avenue, Ātiamuri
- $6,000Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire 409B Poutakataka Road, Ātiamuri
34 consents
- Alterations and additions$99k
Lounge extension with new relocated kitchen
- Relocated buildings$25k
Relocate kitchen to ex bdrm. Remove walls & install new
- New homes$657k
Res new 3 bdrm 2.5 bathrooms, brick veneer
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$6,500
Masport Hurunui freestanding fire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Connect to council sewer
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Waimakariri, freestanding, dry, woodburner - cac203573
- Alterations and additions$5,225
Installation of new maxen kinmont 350 base - rural -
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1
Amendment to aba-2021-2924 - alt dwg - delete first floor & bdrm alterations, revise patio & deck, relocate laundry to art studio & relocate heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install blaze king sirocco 20 freestanding fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$6,500
Nectre baker's oven in shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$42k
New steel building erected for gge & storage.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Solid fuel heater installation
- Alterations and additions$60k
3 bdrm new transportable home. The brand new dwg
- Alterations and additions$4,500
Installation of new jayline fr300 rural freestanding
- Fires and heating$3,295
Replace metro extreme rad sfh with metro Ltd extreme rad sfh
- Fires and heating$4,500
Installation of new masport osburn dry woodburner. A masport
- Fires and heating$6,300
Replace old kent fire with new jayline fr300 freestanding
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocate secondhand dwg on engineered designed screw
- Alterations and additions$61k
To remove part of existing steel building & erect a new
- Garages, sheds and carports$34k
Erect a new boat shed
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installing new metro tiny rad legs
- Garages, sheds and carports$18k
Internal alterations, & move laundry to gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installing new metro smart insert
- Fires and heating$10k
Cherminees philippe f/s woodburner
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Suburbs in Ātiamuri
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ātiamuri?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 313 new homes consented in the Taupo District council area, with $225m of residential and $77.9m 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.