Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Rerenga
161 new homes were consented in the Thames-Coromandel District council area in the year to September 2026, down 6% on the year before. They also consented $11.6m of non-residential building work, down 65% on the year before. In the statistical area around Te Rerenga, 30 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 13 consents we hold in Te Rerenga, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Thames-Coromandel District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Te Rerenga’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Thames-Coromandel 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 594 in 2003.
New homes in Te Rerenga
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Te Rerenga sits in (Mercury Bay North) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 28 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 — Thames-Coromandel 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.
- Hospitals and health$2.4m
1 building · 404 m² new floor area · $4,950/m² new · +1646% on the year before
- Offices$2.2m
2 buildings · 805 m² new floor area · $2,559/m² new · +491% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.7m
16 buildings · 2,415 m² new floor area · $678/m² new · +52% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.7m
3 buildings · 1,154 m² new floor area · $1,473/m² new · +105% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
−64% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.1m
1 building · 195 m² new floor area · $469/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$800k
1 building · 420 m² new floor area · $1,905/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$394k
1 building · 73 m² new floor area · $2,877/m² new · −89% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$10k
−100% on the year before
Consents on record in Te Rerenga
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 13 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Feb 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $36k
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $198k
- New homes2
typically $849k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $350kInternal alterations to existing house with new roofing & new aluminium joinery & new cladding. 108 Horongaherehere Row
- $29kConstruct 51.84m2 versatile gge 1209 Whangapoua Road
13 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$29k
Construct 51.84m2 versatile gge
- Alterations and additions$350k
Internal alterations to existing house with new roofing & new aluminium joinery & new cladding.
- New homes$485k
New single level 2 bdrm dwg, 1 bathrm, wood burning fire, onsite services
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Construct a new non-habitable shed with wc & basin.
- Commercial alterations$60k
Extension to existing cabin for bathrm & office, roof extension to main dwg
- Alterations and additions$45k
Enclose existing portico to create a lounge
- New homes$1.2m
To construct a new 2 level, 2 bdrm dwg with gge & workshop.
- Garages, sheds and carports$36k
New 8m x 7m totalspan domestic gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$83k
Construction of shed, this is an auxiliary building
- New homes$480k
New 3 bdrm dwg with 2 bathrooms. Separate 1 bed minor dwg with ensuite/kitchen. Standalone dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$99k
All required work involved in the relocation of two new transportable buildings to generate one 4 bdrm building.
- Relocated buildings$19k
Relocate new single level two bdrm dwg, onsite wastewater system.
- Garages, sheds and carports$43k
New gge with attached carport
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Rerenga?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 161 new homes consented in the Thames-Coromandel District council area, with $163m of residential and $11.6m 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.