Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mātokitoki
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 Mātokitoki, 20 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 17 consents we hold in Mātokitoki, 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 Mātokitoki’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 Mātokitoki
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Mātokitoki sits in (Hexton) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 20 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 — 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 Mātokitoki
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 17 from 1 Feb 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 heating7
typically $4,500
- Alterations and additions3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $180k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $32k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $39k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $180kExtension to existing dwg to create lounge, bdrm & ensuite 164 Matokitoki Valley Road
- $95kConvert part of existing dwg into habitable space including new kitchen & bathrm, internal alterations & install freestanding metro wee rad logfire 406 Matokitoki Valley Road
- $52kInstall effluent field 326C Matokitoki Valley Road
17 consents
- Alterations and additions$180k
Extension to existing dwg to create lounge, bdrm & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$95k
Convert part of existing dwg into habitable space including new kitchen & bathrm, internal alterations & install freestanding metro wee rad logfire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$52k
Install effluent field
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install secondhand freestanding metro eco tiny logfire
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install freestanding metro Ltd mega rad logfire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$12k
Install septic system
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install freestanding wagener sparky clean air logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$39k
Erect versatile gge
- Alterations and additions$300k
Internal alterations to existing dwg, upgrade kitchen & bathrooms, install covered external ramp & install secondhand freestanding yunca monte logfire with wetback
- Fires and heating$15k
Install outdoor zero tolerance inbuilt masport Matakana 1200 stove
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install freestanding metro Ltd mega rad logfire
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding yunca blenz multifuel logfire with existing wetback
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multifuel logfire using existing wetback
- Fires and heating$1,000
Install second hand freestanding metro wee ped logfire with wetback
- Relocated buildings$40k
Relocated dwg consisting of two transportable units 450 Riverside Rd Okuku lot 11 dp 496475 unit 38a & 38b
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
Install bathrm into existing shed & install new septic system
- Pools and spas$50k
Install inground swimming pool with fence
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mātokitoki?
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.