Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaiti
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 Kaiti itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 156 consents we hold in Kaiti, 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 Kaiti’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 Kaiti
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Kaiti South. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 4 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 Kaiti
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 156 from 1 Jul 2019 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 heating28
8 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions21
4 in the last 12 months · typically $26k
- New homes13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $482k
- Garages, sheds and carports8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $51k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $14k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Pools and spas3
typically $56k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $75k
- Retaining walls3
typically $85k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $933k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $475kDwg with attached dbl gge 24 Jackson Street
- $400kDwg 168 Crawford Road
- $365kDuplex with attached gge 24 Jackson Street
- $180kRbw internal alt to kitchen, living, bathrm & add ensuite 14 Jackson Street
- $160kErect gge with attached sleepout with bathrm 42 Endcliffe Road
156 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Construct gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding woodsman rmf logfire
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding fireplace metro tiny rad
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$160k
Erect gge with attached sleepout with bathrm
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install freestanding woodsman serene petite logfire
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install freestanding woodsman rmf logfire
- Alterations and additions$180k
Rbw internal alt to kitchen, living, bathrm & add ensuite
- Alterations and additions$30k
Placing of two dwgs on their associated lots (4 & 5). Work is for foundations, services (water, stormwater, wastewater), & junction (structure flashings) of building modules (roof, walls, floor).
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding metro wee rad on base logfire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install pellet fire in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of metro wee rad, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 130815.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Proposed new storage sheds
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install inbuilt kent Rata logfire
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$100k
Connect duplex unit to foundations & services & partial reclad from brick to fibre-cement weatherboards
- Alterations and additions$100k
R2 - additions & alterations to existing one-storey detached dwg. Includes extension to accommodate new bathrm.
- New homes$400k
Dwg
- Multiple homes$365k
Duplex with attached gge
- New homes$475k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$780k
New three level res home, 4 bdrm, 2 bath, ribraft floor, brick & linea cladding, metal profile roof
- Retaining walls$95k
Construct retaining wall
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install inbuilt masport Rangitata logfire
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install inbuilt woodsman Totara logfire
- Alterations and additions$19k
Install bathrm & replace wc & vanity
- Retaining walls$85k
Construct retaining wall
- New homes$630k
Main dwg with attached gge & small dwg.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaiti?
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.