Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kakahu
120 new homes were consented in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, down 17% on the year before. They also consented $112m of non-residential building work, up 78% on the year before. In the statistical area around Kakahu, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 357 consents we hold in Kakahu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Timaru District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Kakahu’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Timaru 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 263 in 2016.
New homes in Kakahu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kakahu sits in (Arundel) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — Timaru 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$48.5m
3 buildings · 12,611 m² new floor area · $3,786/m² new · +472% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$23.4m
7 buildings · 5,879 m² new floor area · $1,309/m² new · +53% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$18m
10 buildings · 35,128 m² new floor area · $510/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Education$8.8m
6 buildings · 1,038 m² new floor area · $2,129/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.1m
34 buildings · 8,740 m² new floor area · $526/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Offices$4.4m
3 buildings · 408 m² new floor area · $2,819/m² new · +70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+67% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
1 building · 633 m² new floor area · $2,204/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$30k
−65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$15k
−87% on the year before
Consents on record in Kakahu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 357 from 13 Apr 1993 to 5 Oct 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.
- Alterations and additions11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $300k
- Fires and heating7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New commercial buildings5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $290k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $15k
- Other new buildings1
typically $180k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $300kErect Dwelling & Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner 66 Gualter Road
- $294kErect Dwelling & Install Metro Tiny Rad Freestanding Woodburner 70 Maori Gully Road
- $174kAlterations (Ground Floor Ensuite & Bedroom/First Floor 2307 Geraldine-Fairlie Highway
- $167kAdditions & Install Masport Hurunui Freestanding Woodburner 2100 Geraldine-Fairlie Highway
- $150kAddition (Lounge) 1145 Geraldine-Fairlie Highway
357 consents
- New homes$294k
Erect Dwelling & Install Metro Tiny Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$150k
Addition (Lounge)
- New commercial buildings$39k
Erect Shed (Farm)
- Fires and heating$167k
Additions & Install Masport Hurunui Freestanding Woodburner
- New commercial buildings$60k
Erect Shed (Lean to 3-Bay)
- New homes$300k
Erect Dwelling & Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Xtreme Rad LTD Rural Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$174k
Alterations (Ground Floor Ensuite & Bedroom/First Floor
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Install Wood Boiler/Underfloor & Radiator System & Relocate Hot
- Alterations and additions$20k
Fit dbl glazing venting window to form bdrm 3 from housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$500k
Addition & Alterations (Garage-Bedroom-Ensuite) & Install
- Alterations and additions$30k
Alterations (Wall Removal / Kitchen)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Nectre N65 Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alteration (Ensuite & Kitchenette)
- New homes$374k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Woodsman Tarras MKIII
- New homes
AMEND Erect Dwelling (Roof)
- Other new buildings$180k
Erect Farm Hut (Near the corner of Coles Road & Saddle Road)
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Dwelling Alteration (B2 Modification)
- New commercial buildings$33k
Erect Shed
- New homes
AMEND Erect Dwelling (Chimney Chase Cladding)
- New homes
AMEND Erect Dwelling (Concrete Beam)
- Alterations and additions$70k
Alterations
- Alterations and additions$6,000
AMEND - Dwelling Additions and Alterations - (Amended Alterations &
- New commercial buildings$519k
Erect Container Shelter
- New commercial buildings$475k
Erect Habitable Shed with Services & Install Metro Extreme Rad Leg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kakahu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 120 new homes consented in the Timaru District council area, with $83.2m of residential and $112m 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.