Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mahuta
124 new homes were consented in the Kaipara District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $40.8m of non-residential building work, up 45% on the year before. In the statistical area around Mahuta, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 2 consents we hold in Mahuta, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kaipara District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Mahuta’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kaipara 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 267 in 2016.
New homes in Mahuta
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Mahuta sits in (Kaipara Coastal) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 6 houses, 0 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 — Kaipara 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$11.9m
2 buildings · 1,200 m² new floor area · $9,583/m² new
- Education$10.9m
6 buildings · 1,315 m² new floor area · $5,798/m² new · +514% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$7m
1 building · 172 m² new floor area · $3,285/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.8m
29 buildings · 18,488 m² new floor area · $312/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
+26% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
1 building · 94 m² new floor area · $15,957/m² new · −81% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$746k
−74% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$350k
2 buildings · 155 m² new floor area · $1,935/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Offices$130k
−95% on the year before
Consents on record in Mahuta
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 2 from 1 May 2025 to 1 May 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 heating1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Commercial alterations1
typically $194k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $6,000Install metro tiny rad solid fuel heater 597 Mahuta Road
2 consents
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro tiny rad solid fuel heater
- Commercial alterations$194k
New 12m x 9m gge/workshop with bathrm & verandah. Onsite ww
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Near Mahuta
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mahuta?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 124 new homes consented in the Kaipara District council area, with $95.9m of residential and $40.8m 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.