Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rapaura
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. In the statistical area around Rapaura, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1,272 consents we hold in Rapaura, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Rapaura’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
New homes in Rapaura
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Rapaura sits in (Lower Wairau) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Rapaura
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,272 from 1 Sep 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
3 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Garages, sheds and carports5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Alterations and additions4
typically $78k
- Pools and spas4
typically $48k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $28k
- New homes1
typically $800k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $350kAdditions to gge & wastewater system upgrade/relocation 44 Boyces Road
- $55kGge 59 Jeffries Road
- $8,000Inbuilt woodsman Totara solid fuel heater 20 Hammerichs Road
- $8,000Free standing masport Hurunui solid fuel heater 298 Rapaura Road
- $8,000Free standing metro ambie one ht solid fuel heater 145 Giffords Road
1,272 consents
- Fires and heating$8,000
Inbuilt woodsman Totara solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$350k
Additions to gge & wastewater system upgrade/relocation
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing metro ambie one ht solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing masport Hurunui solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$30k
Res alterations & additions
- Pools and spas$30k
Gazebo, woodshed & altered pool fence
- Alterations and additions$15k
Installation of roof sklylights
- New homes$800k
Dwg with inbuilt yunca xander solid fuel heater & wastewater system
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free standing Maxen Kinmont 450 W (Woodstacker) log fire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Inbuilt Maxen Forbury 550 solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Gge
- Pools and spas$20k
Swimming pool fencing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$45k
Amendment to bc211304: res alterations/additions & wastewater system
- Pools and spas$67k
Swimming pool
- Fires and heating$310k
Dwg extensions/alterations; two free-standing masport r3000 fuel heaters & pole shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$44k
Garages & or shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Plumbing & drainage
- Alterations and additions$375k
Res alterations & additions - stage 2
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free standing solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$125k
Res alterations & additions (stage 1)
- Pools and spas$67k
Swimming pool & or fencing
- Garages, sheds and carports$110k
Storage shed
- Fires and heating$350k
Res alterations/additions & free-standing solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Wastewater treatment system
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Near Rapaura
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rapaura?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.