Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Awapuni
209 new homes were consented in the Gisborne District council area in the year to September 2026, up 34% on the year before. They also consented $40.3m of non-residential building work, down 9% on the year before. In the statistical area around Awapuni, 60 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 33 consents we hold in Awapuni, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Gisborne District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Awapuni’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Gisborne 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 186 in 2011.
New homes in Awapuni
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Awapuni sits in (Makaraka-Awapuni) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 33 houses, 27 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 — Gisborne 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$10.9m
41 buildings · 1,339 m² new floor area · $7,303/m² new · +3% on the year before
- Education$8.7m
1 building · 1,890 m² new floor area · $3,175/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Offices$6.3m
+156% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$4.2m
2 buildings · 823 m² new floor area · $4,247/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$2.9m
+208% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.8m
18 buildings · 4,206 m² new floor area · $615/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.7m
2 buildings · 1,841 m² new floor area · $1,465/m² new · +3% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$683k
1 building · 76 m² new floor area · $787/m² new · −87% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$646k
−20% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$500k
+8% on the year before
Consents on record in Awapuni
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 33 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Mar 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 heating8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,250
- Alterations and additions2
typically $24k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $114k
- New homes2
typically $600k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $5,000
- Pools and spas1
typically $61k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $7,500Install inbuilt yunca xander ca logfire 79 Awapuni Road
33 consents
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install inbuilt yunca xander ca logfire
- Alterations and additions$31k
Totalspan 7m x 5m x 2.4m
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Drainage for temporary transportable trailer
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding woodsman rmf logfire
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$180k
Construct a 1 bdrm, 1 bathrm, 1 x living area & kitchen tiny home
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding stuv 30-compact one logfire
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install freestanding kent Cardrona logfire
- New homes$650k
New dwg with attached dbl gge, & install inbuilt yunca xander logfire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multifuel logfire
- Alterations and additions$16k
Extension to existing dwg
- New homes$550k
New dwg & install inbuilt kemlan logfire
- Fires and heating$4,200
Install freestanding masport r3000 logfire
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install freestanding yunca monte multifuel logfire
- Pools and spas$61k
Install inground pool & fence
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$47k
Erect versatile sleepout with veranda
- Alterations and additions$18k
Add ensuite into second storey & add non load bearing wall
- Relocated buildings$20k
Relocate pod, connecting drainage services & piles up to pod connection
- Pools and spas$18k
Install inground pool & fence
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$95k
Erect kiwispan gge/art studio with shower, toilet & vanity
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install freestanding second hand woodsman rmf logfire
- New homes$140k
Erect new bdrm unit with attached gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install inbuilt yunca xander logfire
- New homes$200k
Erect new dwg
- Alterations and additions$15k
Lounge extension
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Near Awapuni
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Awapuni?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 209 new homes consented in the Gisborne District council area, with $102m of residential and $40.3m 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.