Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Outer 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 Outer Kaiti itself, 10 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 111 consents we hold in Outer 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 Outer 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 Outer Kaiti
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Outer Kaiti. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 8 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 Outer Kaiti
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 111 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 heating27
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Alterations and additions15
5 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
typically $14k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs6
typically $37k
- New homes4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $728k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $31k
- Retaining walls2
typically $143k
- Pools and spas2
typically $48k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $48k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.9mRbw - 5x new two storey dwgs. Lots 1-4 each with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge; lot 5 with four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls 3 Porter Street
- $350kNew dwg, install septic system & water tanks & install woodsman serene freestanding logfire
- $250kExtensions to existing dwg including additional bathrm 7 Halley Street
- $50kPole shed 8 Porter Street
- $18kInstall wet area vinyl shower within existing bathrm 59 Dalton Street
111 consents
- Alterations and additions$12k
Remove load bearing wall & replace with beam
- Alterations and additions$18k
Install wet area vinyl shower within existing bathrm
- New homes$350k
New dwg, install septic system & water tanks & install woodsman serene freestanding logfire
- Relocated buildings$12k
Connect relocatable building to foundations & install toilet, basin & shower
- Alterations and additions$250k
Extensions to existing dwg including additional bathrm
- New homes$1.9m
Rbw - 5x new two storey dwgs. Lots 1-4 each with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge; lot 5 with four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & attached single gge. New retaining walls
- Alterations and additions$10k
Installation of 2 x skylights into existing home.
- Fires and heating$6,500
F/s masport Kaituna uleb sfh
- Alterations and additions$3,800
Remove load bearing wall in living room
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Pole shed
- Alterations and additions$19k
Install wet area vinyl shower
- Alterations and additions$25k
Install services
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Construct deck
- Retaining walls$20k
Construct two retaining walls
- New homes$1m
6x new 2 storey dwgs. Units 1-3 each with 3 bedrooms, & 2.5 bathrooms. Units 4-6 each with 2 bedrooms, study & 1.5 bathrooms. New retaining walls
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install inbuilt kent logfire ii logfire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Alterations and additions$250k
Alterations & additions to existing dwg & extend dwg to create bdrm & accessible bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Construct gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$6,000
Replace sewer main
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install freestanding wagener sparky multifuel logfire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install secondhand freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$93k
Raise & repile dwg with two landings & two stairs
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install inbuilt metro eco smart insert logfire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install inbuilt firenzo kompact forte ag logfire
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Outer 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.