Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Okitū
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 Okitū, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 95 consents we hold in Okitū, 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 Okitū’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 Okitū
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Okitū sits in (Wainui-Okitu) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Okitū
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 95 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating15
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater9
typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports7
typically $50k
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $580k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $22k
- Retaining walls2
typically $60k
- Pools and spas1
typically $80k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $400kNew dwg, install septic system & water tank & install freestanding woodsman serene logfire with wetback 47 Scarlys Way
- $25kAdditions/alterations - new window in side wall 51A Moana Road
- $25kConstruct first floor deck 92 Moana Road
- $15kRemove load bearing wall & replace with roof beam 33 Douglas Street
- $13kInstall freestanding yunca olli ca logfire 2 Lysnar Street
95 consents
- Fires and heating$13k
Install freestanding yunca olli ca logfire
- Alterations and additions$15k
Remove load bearing wall & replace with roof beam
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$25k
Construct first floor deck
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install freestanding woodsman kanaku logfire
- Alterations and additions$25k
Additions/alterations - new window in side wall
- New homes$400k
New dwg, install septic system & water tank & install freestanding woodsman serene logfire with wetback
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding metrofires ambie one logfire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding kent Oxford logfire
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Remove load bearing wall & replace with beam
- Retaining walls$50k
Construct retaining wall
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Install septic system
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install freestanding metro wee rad logfire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,000
Replace effluent lines
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Erect gge
- Alterations and additions$200k
Alterations & additions to existing dwg
- New homes$1.2m
Erect two storey dwg with attached deck, install water tanks & use existing septic system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Install septic system
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding yunca monte mf logfire
- Alterations and additions$700k
External & internal alterations & additions to existing dwg & install lift
- Retaining walls$70k
Construct retaining wall for slip remediation
- Garages, sheds and carports$280k
Construct retaining wall & pole shed
- Alterations and additions$100k
A1: change bracing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Replace failed septic system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$77k
Install septic system
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Okitū?
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.