Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waituna West
156 new homes were consented in the Manawatu District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $18m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. In the statistical area around Waituna West, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 11 consents we hold in Waituna West, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Manawatu District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Waituna West’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Manawatu 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 260 in 2021.
New homes in Waituna West
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Waituna West sits in (Kiwitea) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 — Manawatu 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.
- Farm buildings$7.5m
64 buildings · 17,256 m² new floor area · $418/m² new · +39% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.5m
1 building · 1,158 m² new floor area · $3,022/m² new · +463% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 532 m² new floor area · $3,853/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2m
1 building · 779 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −43% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$545k
−22% on the year before
- Offices$357k
1 building · 82 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$315k
2 buildings · 672 m² new floor area · $342/m² new · +89% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$237k
−92% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−45% on the year before
Consents on record in Waituna West
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 11 from 1 Jan 2020 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 heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $15k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $50k
- New homes1
typically $518k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $11kInstall a metro mega rad leg freestanding wood fire into living room. 89 Waituna Tapuae Road
11 consents
- Fires and heating$11k
Install a metro mega rad leg freestanding wood fire into living room.
- Fires and heating$70k
Kitchen alterations & installation of new woodburner
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a sparky multi fuel burner
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of freestanding metro r2 fire.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install a metro xtreme rad woody free standing wood fire, standard flue on new hearth with wetback connecting onto existing hwc
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Install wastewater system - oasis clearwater 2000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
P2 - amendment to include wastewater & also, the original floorplan was the future floorplan & we are now submitting the aslaid floorplan (how it stands now). Please see photos of the dwg in the plans that show these rooms.##p1 - to relocate
- Alterations and additions$50k
Delivery of a newly built 2 bdrm transportable home to property & secured onto timber piles.
- New homes$518k
Construct new 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$400k
New 3 bdrm res dwg with attached dbl gge, open plan kitchen & dining room, separate family room, separate lounge with covered area from it
- New homes$200k
Proposed 3 bdrm dwg
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Near Waituna West
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waituna West?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 156 new homes consented in the Manawatu District council area, with $93.4m of residential and $18m 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.