Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Eketāhuna
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: 86 consents we hold in Eketāhuna, 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 Eketāhuna
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 86 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating22
7 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions16
5 in the last 12 months · typically $36k
- New homes8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $285k
- Relocated buildings6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $36k
- Fit-outs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $490kSingle storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 52 Newman Road, Eketāhuna
- $170kConstruction of detached dwg - single storey with 2 17 Bridge Street, Eketāhuna
- $115kSeismic strengthening 70 High Street, Eketāhuna
- $60kRbw - proposed add to existing dwg. 73 High Street, Eketāhuna
- $46kRe-pile house alt/additions 134 Bowen Road, Eketāhuna
86 consents
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install metro tiny rad woody heating
- New homes$170k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 2
- Alterations and additions$30k
Fit new bathrm, replace cladding to front of house
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Replacement wastewater system
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$115k
Seismic strengthening
- New homes$490k
Single storey 3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$1
Free standing fire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Installation of firenzo contessa leg uleb
- Fit-outs$45k
New ice cream takeaway-internal fitout to meet the requirements of the incoming tenant, fifi gelato, as a food & beverage shop with waiting area & kitchen areas on ground floor.
- Relocated buildings$10k
Construct foundations & foul drainage for relocatable cabin
- Fires and heating$4,000
Metro wee rad freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$60k
Rbw - proposed add to existing dwg.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$46k
Re-pile house alt/additions
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Dwg - alterations - Plumbing and Drainage for Dialysis Machine
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Minor drainage work - sewer separation
- Alterations and additions$10k
Dwg - alterations - bathrm alterations
- Fires and heating$5,500
Free standing fire - replacement freestanding metro extreme rad leg fire
- Fires and heating$4,500
Yunca monte multi fuel freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install metro ambie plus heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$40k
Remove existing loading bearing walls & replace with beams. Install new window & sliding door
- Alterations and additions$55k
Dwg (re-located on to property) - Sitings foundations and Services with Tiny Rad Metro Freestanding Fire
- Fires and heating$59k
Siting foundations & services. Install freestanding woodsman serene fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro wee rad leg with wings heating
- Relocated buildings$75k
Relocate new built dwg with p&d relocated building
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Suburbs in Eketāhuna
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Eketāhuna?
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.