Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Whangapoua
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 Whangapoua, 30 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 25 consents we hold in Whangapoua, 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 Whangapoua’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 Whangapoua
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Whangapoua 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 Whangapoua
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 25 from 1 Mar 2021 to 1 Apr 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 additions6
typically $28k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $168k
- New homes4
typically $1m
- Fires and heating3
typically $6,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $475k
- Pools and spas2
typically $189k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $96k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $60k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $96kRe-locate the on-site septic detention tank & construct a detached dbl gge. Install an outdoor wood fire. Construct a wall fixed shade canopy attached to the existing dwg over the exterior sliding doors. 140 Opera Place
25 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$96k
Re-locate the on-site septic detention tank & construct a detached dbl gge. Install an outdoor wood fire. Construct a wall fixed shade canopy attached to the existing dwg over the exterior sliding doors.
- New homes$1.1m
Construct a 4 bdrm domestic dwg with 3 bathrooms
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$300k
Erect a stand alone 2 bdrm + rumpus & bathrm/wc sleep out cabin with covered deck area..
- Alterations and additions$35k
Internal alterations to both bathrooms, create new laundry
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Proposed relocated utility's
- Alterations and additions$90k
Alterations to existing dwg including additional bathrm.
- Alterations and additions$40k
New fire place added. Small push out to envelope to accept fire place
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
Extension of existing shed on the site, including new living, & bdrm & bathrm pavilions under single roof.
- New homes$1.1m
Construct new lockwood 2 bdrm dwg.
- Fires and heating$3,000
replace the consented jetmaster open firebox that the building currently has with an enclosed woodsman Totara firebox using existing flue
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new metro tiny rad wood fire
- Commercial alterations$60k
New bathrm in existing workshop & joinery alterations & exterior reclad
- Alterations and additions$20k
Dwg alterations - bathrm alterations
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Additions to & existing deck, new verandah roof above, alterations to existing cladding too enable deck add
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Construction of a stand alone gge.
- Pools and spas$300k
New roof area over deck with louvretec in it. New pool house/gym with bathrm
- New homes$930k
Removal of existing dwg. Construct new 2 storey, 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg with attached single gge
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Existing door removed & replaced with new weatherboard cladding & new toilet
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
Construct new boat gge with attached spare bdrm, bathrm & laundry
- New homes$600k
Remove existing building, new 3 bdrm 2 storey dwg with 2 bathrooms
- Pools and spas$78k
To install a 10m x 4.4m x 1.85m swimming pool
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of solid fuel heater - masport r5000
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Construct an ablution/mud room within an existing detached gge/loft; alt existing windows & add new windows; partition & line loft area to create two guest rooms annexed to the existing residence; upgrade deficient 1984 wall bracing to curre
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$650k
Demolition of existing buildings (main dwg & sleepout) construction of a new standalone 2 bdrm domestic dwg & a detached 2 bdrm minor unit
- New homes$420k
Proposed new 5 bdrm dwg with fireplace
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Whangapoua?
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.