Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Whataupoko
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 Whataupoko itself, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 320 consents we hold in Whataupoko, 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 Whataupoko’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 Whataupoko
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Whataupoko West, Whataupoko East. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 3 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 Whataupoko
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 320 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 heating50
8 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions43
11 in the last 12 months · typically $39k
- Pools and spas21
3 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Garages, sheds and carports17
6 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- New homes15
1 in the last 12 months · typically $546k
- Retaining walls15
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Relocated buildings9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $46k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $110k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
typically $12k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1mRbw - construction of single level detached dwg with 5 bedrooms,4 bathrooms & three living areas with an attached triple car gge. On site storm water tanks & wastewater system. Gas for WA 30 Hill Road
- $950kAlterations, additions, & extension to existing dwg, convert gge into habitbale space & construct carport 176 Ballance Street
- $650kInternal alterations to existing ground & first floor of existing dwg & extension to first floor 40 Adair Street
- $350kRbw - additions & alterations to existing dwg including a new deck. 58 Dryden Street
- $200kAdditions to existing dwg & create self contained unit with fire rated wall separation to the main dwg 25 Grant Road
320 consents
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$18k
Install toilet, hand basin & shower into existing cabin
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
Install hand basin into existing shed
- Alterations and additions$30k
Extension to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding kent aspiring logfire
- Alterations and additions$70k
Alterations & additions to existing dwg & remove load bearing walls & replace with beam
- Relocated buildings$37k
Existing dwg relocated onto site to relocate a 1960's dwg to site as per site plan - foundations & services only
- Alterations and additions$30k
Extension to existing first floor of dwg to create space for & install freestanding tfs1000 escea logfire
- Pools and spas$55k
Fence existing swimming pool
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Convert existing shed into self contained unit
- Pools and spas$4,000
Fence existing swimming pool
- Alterations and additions$42k
Dwg alterations 27 island Rd Kaiapoi lot 2 dp 367734
- New homes$1.1m
Rbw - construction of single level detached dwg with 5 bedrooms,4 bathrooms & three living areas with an attached triple car gge. On site storm water tanks & wastewater system. Gas for WA
- Alterations and additions$150k
Alterations, additions & extension to existing dwg including new ensuite & install secondhand freestanding yunca Hobson logfire
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multi fuel logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$68k
Erect gge
- Alterations and additions$70k
Extension to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$80k
Internal alterations of existing ground floor rumpus room to create self contained unit
- Alterations and additions$650k
Internal alterations to existing ground & first floor of existing dwg & extension to first floor
- Fires and heating$18k
Install zero tolerance jet master 1500u logfire
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install freestanding metro tiny rad woody logfire
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install inbuilt yunca xander logfire
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install freestanding yunca monte multifuel logfire
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install inbuilt yunca xander allure facia logfire
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$350k
Rbw - additions & alterations to existing dwg including a new deck.
- Pools and spas$2,000
Install above ground pool & spa pool
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Whataupoko?
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.