Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Dannevirke
33 new homes were consented in the Tararua District council area in the year to September 2026, up 50% on the year before. They also consented $17.9m of non-residential building work, up 222% on the year before. Below: 587 consents we hold in Dannevirke, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tararua District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tararua 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 71 in 1991.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tararua 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$9.5m
1 building · 1,170 m² new floor area · $8,120/m² new · +694% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3m
23 buildings · 4,758 m² new floor area · $511/m² new · +256% on the year before
- Education$2.3m
+7% on the year before
- Offices$1.4m
1 building · 165 m² new floor area · $2,727/m² new
- Factories and industrial$1.3m
+205% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$349k
1 building · 93 m² new floor area · $1,720/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$25k
Consents on record in Dannevirke
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 587 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 Nov 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 heating174
48 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Alterations and additions137
27 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes46
11 in the last 12 months · typically $470k
- Garages, sheds and carports37
6 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Relocated buildings16
typically $45k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater15
2 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Commercial alterations9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $42k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts8
5 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening7
4 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Pools and spas7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.7mRbw - construction of 3x three-storey dwgs each one with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, single internal gge. Includes stormwater tank. 18 Miller Street, Dannevirke
- $1.6mRbw - lot 1 & 2: two storey, four bedrooms & 2.5 bathrooms with attached single gge. Lot3: two storey, three bedrooms & 2.5 bathrooms with attached single gge. Lot4: single storey, two bed 25 Waterloo Street, Dannevirke
- $1.3mNew dwg with separate gge & retaining walls 5 Edinburgh Street, Dannevirke
- $1.2mRemoval of existing dwg, 2 x new 2 bdrm duplexes with attached gge 5-7 Smith Street, Dannevirke
- $800kSingle storey 2 bdrm domestic dwg 17 James Street, Dannevirke
587 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free standing fire - Metro Wee Rad Leg Freestanding Fire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Free standing fire - Kent Haast Freestanding Fire
- Alterations and additions$240k
Dwg (re-located on to property)
- Alterations and additions$30k
Rbw - removal of internal wall between living & entry area. Existing exterior entry closed in to create larger internal entry. Opening between entry & kitchen. Existing gge converted to a bedro
- Demolition$60k
Rbw - converting the existing laundry to bdrm 1, converting the shower room, w.C. Room & bathrm 1 into bathrm 3 & bathrm 4, & demolishing walls in the living room, dining room & kitch
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new fire - metro wee rad heating
- Alterations and additions$27k
To relocate a brand-new, yard-built home to site as per site housing - detached
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install masport osburn fire with new flue etc heating
- Alterations and additions$20k
Bathrm alterations
- Fires and heating$4,000
Metro r1 freestanding fire
- New homes$1.6m
Rbw - lot 1 & 2: two storey, four bedrooms & 2.5 bathrooms with attached single gge. Lot3: two storey, three bedrooms & 2.5 bathrooms with attached single gge. Lot4: single storey, two bed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new metro rad one with eco flue
- Fires and heating$8,900
Install masport Akaroa wood stacker (ecan/mfe # 18
- Alterations and additions$200k
Extension & internal alterations to existing dwg including new ensuite
- Fires and heating$12k
New woodsman Tasman mkii fireplace
- Alterations and additions$75k
Dwg (additions) - convert bay 2 & 3 of poleshed to dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Gge (domestic) - 3 bay pole shed
- Alterations and additions$150k
Dwg (re-located on to property) - siting foundations & services
- Fires and heating$6,500
Free standing fire - woodsman kanaku freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing fire - masport Kaituna base freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Metro wee rad leg freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire - using existing flashing
- New homes$590k
New 3 x bdrm dwg
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Suburbs in Dannevirke
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Dannevirke?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 33 new homes consented in the Tararua District council area, with $24.1m of residential and $17.9m 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.