Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tuamarina
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 Tuamarina, 9 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 454 consents we hold in Tuamarina, 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 Tuamarina’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 Tuamarina
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tuamarina sits in (Tuamarina) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 2 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 Tuamarina
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 454 from 1 Aug 2019 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.
- Fires and heating10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,750
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $28k
- Pools and spas3
typically $75k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $195k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $16k
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- New homes1
typically $450k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $18kReplacement timber pole retaining wall. 31 Blind Creek Road
- $5,000Free standing woodsman serene solid fuel heater 122 Blind Creek Road
- $1,000Beam 286 Waikakaho Road
454 consents
- Retaining walls$18k
Replacement timber pole retaining wall.
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Beam
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free standing woodsman serene solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$240k
Gge &/or shed with retaining wall
- Pools and spas$75k
Swimming pool & fencing
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free-standing metro xtreme rad solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$3,500
Free standing metro wee rad woody rural solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free-standing woodsman Brunner mk ii solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free standing maxen kinmont 350 woodstacker (rural) log fire
- Alterations and additions$45k
Kitchen installation & internal wall removal
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing woodsman Tarras mk iii solid fuel heater
- Pools and spas$9,500
Swimming pool fencing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Amendment to BC231062: changes to wastewater management system
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$28k
Recladding & insulation of dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing Metro Xtreme Rad solid fuel heater
- New homes$450k
Rbw - construction of a new three-bdrm home with internal entry gge constructed with brick, axon & metal tile roofing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$120k
Dwg alterations, ensuite & wastewater system
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$4,200
Foundation strengthening of sun room extension
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$35k
Septic tank & drainage fields
- Alterations and additions$25k
Res alterations & additions
- Alterations and additions$40k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$6,500
Free-standing metro xtreme rad solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Plumbing & drainage
- Fires and heating$5,500
Free standing solid fuel heater
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tuamarina?
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.