Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Hāpara
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 Te Hāpara itself, 43 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 254 consents we hold in Te Hāpara, 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 Te Hāpara’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 Te Hāpara
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Te Hapara South, Te Hapara North, Te Hapara East. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 36 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 Te Hāpara
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 254 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 heating41
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,300
- Alterations and additions29
4 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $42k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater10
2 in the last 12 months · typically $11k
- Relocated buildings8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Pools and spas8
typically $55k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs6
typically $85k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- New homes5
typically $400k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $90k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $355kRaise & repile flood damaged dwg, convert exsting carport into bdrm, construct bottom storey including additional bathrm & relocation of laundry, install internal & external stairs & install deck & landing 39 Fergusson Drive
- $70kConnect relocatable dwg to foundations & services 664 Gladstone Road
- $65kConstruct versatile gge 9 Bulwer Road
- $30kRemove existing board & batten cladding & replace with vertical corrugated metal wall cladding 24A Cook Street
- $19kRemove existing non-load bearing internal wall & install replacement door & window joinery in same location 1025 Aberdeen Road
254 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$355k
Raise & repile flood damaged dwg, convert exsting carport into bdrm, construct bottom storey including additional bathrm & relocation of laundry, install internal & external stairs & install deck & landing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$18k
Install second toilet & shower into existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Remove existing board & batten cladding & replace with vertical corrugated metal wall cladding
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Relocated buildings$70k
Connect relocatable dwg to foundations & services
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$7,000
Amendment 3 - change to wastewater & stormwater drainage
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Construct versatile gge
- Alterations and additions$19k
Remove existing non-load bearing internal wall & install replacement door & window joinery in same location
- Alterations and additions$18k
Remove existing load bearing wall & replace with beam
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install inbuilt kent Rata logfire
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Remove existing load bearing wall & replace with beam
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install inbuilt yunca xander logfire
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install freestanding yunca Hobson logfire
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$8,000
Connect mobile cabin to existing services
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,500
Install hand basin & second toilet into existing dwg
- Relocated buildings$50k
Connect relocatable dwg to foundations & services
- Alterations and additions$16k
Remove existing load bearing wall & replace with beam & install two internal sliding doors
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Remove load bearing walls & replace with beams
- Alterations and additions$15k
Internal alterations
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Relocated buildings$40k
Connect relocatable dwg to foundations & services
- Alterations and additions$30k
Change of use from a res dwg to a 24/7 supervised community sleeping facility for the reintegration of prisoners, install specified systems
- New homes$400k
New dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$89k
Raise & repile flood damaged dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Hāpara?
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.