Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Maia
501 new homes were consented in the Dunedin City council area in the year to September 2026, up 7% on the year before. They also consented $135m of non-residential building work, down 49% on the year before. In the statistical area around Maia, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 34 consents we hold in Maia, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Dunedin City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Maia’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Dunedin City, 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 548 in 2021.
New homes in Maia
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Maia sits in (Ravensbourne-St Leonards) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 — Dunedin City, 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$36.8m
4 buildings · 2,575 m² new floor area · $11,379/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Education$26.7m
5 buildings · 1,648 m² new floor area · $4,333/m² new · −10% on the year before
- Offices$19m
3 buildings · 994 m² new floor area · $4,863/m² new · +47% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.2m
6 buildings · 3,608 m² new floor area · $3,160/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$12.8m
1 building · 504 m² new floor area · $655/m² new · +551% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.4m
2 buildings · 1,169 m² new floor area · $2,737/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,404 m² new floor area · $605/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.5m
24 buildings · 4,194 m² new floor area · $556/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 1,758 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.9m
−35% on the year before
Consents on record in Maia
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 34 from 1 Apr 2014 to 1 Jul 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 heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $450k
- Retaining walls2
typically $28k
- Alterations and additions2
typically $51k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $65k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $20k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $15k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $120k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $850kNew dwg with attached gge, install solid fuel burner 2 Camden Grove
- $7,000Install maxen Saint Clair 350-w uleb heater in dwg 117 Manapouri Street
34 consents
- New homes$850k
New dwg with attached gge, install solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install maxen Saint Clair 350-w uleb heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Amendment to aba-2025-40 - install window in kitchenette & washroom & alt bracing
- Commercial alterations$20k
Amendment to aba-2025-40 - alt siting of gge, form kitchenette & washroom in workshop & install hot water cylinder
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman kanaku heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro smart insert heater in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Construct gge
- Retaining walls$40k
Construct retaining wall
- Relocated buildings$15k
Relocation of one bdrm staff accommodation unit.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$65k
Amendment to ABA-2023-2119 - extend dwg, alt drainage
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alt dwg - alt layout of kitchen & dining area, alt bathrooms, install metro tiny rad heater to dining & living area, metro wee rad base heater to lounge & hot water cylinder to basement
- Retaining walls$15k
Amendment to aba-2021-2354 - add retaining wall & alt siting of dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install pyroclassic iv heater with wetback in dwg
- Fires and heating$200k
Extend dwg & alt internal layout, install kemlan celestial 900 heater
- New homes$450k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Yunca Monte Base Heater, Water and Septic Tank
- New homes$350k
Erect Two Storey Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Metro Wee Rad Heater
- Alterations and additions$10k
Alt dwg - remove wall & install beam & lowered ceiling in kitchen/dining, re-line & insulate selected external walls
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install woodsman Brunner mk11 heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install firenzo lady kitchener draw base ultra heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman Brunner mkii heater in dwg
- New homes$490k
Erect Three Storey Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Ravelli Dual 7 Pellet Fire, Construct Retaining Walls
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$60k
Alt dwg - convert basement area to bdrm, studio & bathrm, install internal stairs & add deck
- New homes$795k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage, Install Escea DS Gas Fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Remove heater & install jayline is550 heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro tiny rad woody heater in dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Maia?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 501 new homes consented in the Dunedin City council area, with $256m of residential and $135m 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.