Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Karapiro
564 new homes were consented in the Waipa District council area in the year to September 2026, up 13% on the year before. They also consented $77.7m of non-residential building work, down 35% on the year before. Below: 75 consents we hold in Karapiro, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waipa District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waipa 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 913 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waipa 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.
- Warehouses and storage$23.7m
9 buildings · 12,358 m² new floor area · $1,892/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$13.3m
6 buildings · 5,869 m² new floor area · $1,896/m² new · −33% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.9m
64 buildings · 18,003 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +1% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$9.8m
2 buildings · 1,225 m² new floor area · $6,731/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$8m
7 buildings · 2,719 m² new floor area · $2,815/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Offices$7.7m
2 buildings · 936 m² new floor area · $2,762/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.6m
2 buildings · 1,066 m² new floor area · $1,440/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Education$1.8m
−57% on the year before
Consents on record in Karapiro
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 75 from 1 Sep 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.
- Alterations and additions19
4 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Fires and heating13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Pools and spas11
typically $80k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
typically $102k
- New homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $780k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $618k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $250k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $780k250998 - lot 1 - single storey 4 bdrm dwg, stormwater & wastewater disposal 2/405 French Pass Road
- $50k260572 - project is to renovate the existing house this includes a small extension (6.79 m2) to the existing building to the south onto new pile foundations. 1079 Taotaoroa Road
- $30k260017 - removal on internal load-bearing walls, new sliding door & new wood fire installation. 103 Fergusson Gully Road
- $20k260130 - renovate laundry & wc space to include a shower & relocate the ex. Vanity
- $13k260133 - lot 4 - install firenzo contessa with 3k wetback & platform base onto existing floor protector. Connect to existing wetback hot water cylinder located directly above in ceiling space. 268 Baker Road
75 consents
- Alterations and additions$50k
260572 - project is to renovate the existing house this includes a small extension (6.79 m2) to the existing building to the south onto new pile foundations.
- Fires and heating$5,500
260349 - lot 1 - installation of a solid wood burner (freestanding)
- Alterations and additions$30k
260017 - removal on internal load-bearing walls, new sliding door & new wood fire installation.
- Alterations and additions$20k
260130 - renovate laundry & wc space to include a shower & relocate the ex. Vanity
- Alterations and additions$13k
260133 - lot 4 - install firenzo contessa with 3k wetback & platform base onto existing floor protector. Connect to existing wetback hot water cylinder located directly above in ceiling space.
- New homes$780k
250998 - lot 1 - single storey 4 bdrm dwg, stormwater & wastewater disposal
- Alterations and additions$168k
250888 - lot 1 - proposed relocated add to existing cottage
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$375k
250599 - lot 25 - add of new lounge, rearrange internal layout, reclad roof & add gge & games room
- Alterations and additions$20k
250659 - lot 2 - sika wpm behind tiles in showers
- Fires and heating$4,000
Replace existing fire in same location with a metro rad plus freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$200k
250581 - lot 1 - master bdrm. Ensuite & laundry add to existing dwg.
- Alterations and additions$10k
250669 - lot 2 - fire inbuilt fire within existing chimney. Removal of existing gas fire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of woodsman stag multi fuel freestanding fireplace & heatsaver flue kit
- Pools and spas$85k
New concrete swimming pool & associated pool fencing. New deck foundations to bridge watercare sewer drain. Deck less than 1.0m high & under schedule 1 of the building ACT.
- New homes$1m
250189 - lot 1 - construction of new five bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Pools and spas$80k
250004 - lot 2 - construction of a 30m2 swimming pool & fence
- Alterations and additions$82k
250121 - lot 2 - installation of pre moulded fibreglass inground swimming pool, associated filtration & permanent pool fencing. Granduer 11 approx 11.3m l x 4.2m w
- Alterations and additions$55k
250164 - lot 2 - a bathrm & ensuite upgrade & move 2 internal walls
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of masport i7000 inbuilt fire & flue system
- Pools and spas$15k
240830 - construction of pool fencing surrounding a swimming pool less than 35000 litres
- Alterations and additions$3,000
240094 - remove a portion of an existing wall
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
240561 - lot 32 - existing gge alt to ancillary use
- Fires and heating$6,000
Fixed fee: install freestanding woodfire & flue - masport Akaroa ash.
- Pools and spas$50k
240331 - construction of new swimming pool
- Fires and heating$11k
240462 - lot 2 - install Pyroclassic freestanding woodburner, on small raised woodbin with ash protector
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Karapiro?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 564 new homes consented in the Waipa District council area, with $321m of residential and $77.7m 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.