Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pukerau
38 new homes were consented in the Gore District council area in the year to September 2026, down 21% on the year before. They also consented $22.5m of non-residential building work, up 64% on the year before. In the statistical area around Pukerau, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Pukerau, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Gore District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Pukerau’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Gore 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 51 in 2007.
New homes in Pukerau
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Pukerau sits in (Waikaka) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — Gore 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.
- Education$10.2m
1 building · 1,170 m² new floor area · $4,444/m² new · +790% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.7m
3 buildings · 2,966 m² new floor area · $2,141/m² new · +152% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.2m
25 buildings · 5,032 m² new floor area · $619/m² new · +21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$675k
1 building · 206 m² new floor area · $3,277/m² new
- Social, cultural and religious$375k
1 building · 50 m² new floor area · $5,500/m² new · −88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$217k
−86% on the year before
- Offices$185k
−74% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$120k
1 building · 77 m² new floor area · $1,558/m² new · −89% on the year before
Consents on record in Pukerau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 Jun 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 heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,404
- Alterations and additions3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $68k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $30k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $19k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $200kInternal alterations filling in existing porch & entry converting existing attached gge into a bdrm 124 Landslip Valley Road
- $40kNew 6m x 6m Versatile gge
- $7,500Fire installation - freestanding kent Ruapehu wood burner in shed 93 Middle Street
18 consents
- Fires and heating$7,500
Fire installation - freestanding kent Ruapehu wood burner in shed
- Alterations and additions$200k
Internal alterations filling in existing porch & entry converting existing attached gge into a bdrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
New 6m x 6m Versatile gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$95k
New 3 bay enclosed pole shed
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alt bathrm - remove cabinet style shower & replace with wet floor shower
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$19k
4.0 x 5.6m deck & veranda add
- Fires and heating$7,307
Fire installation - freestanding Yunca Monte multi fuel burner
- Fires and heating$10k
Replacing inbuilt solid fuel heater in the lounge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Remove exisitng septic tank & effluent system that connects two dwellings - install new septic tank & effluent system per dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Remove exisiting septics & effluent systems for two dwgs. Install new systems per dwg
- Alterations and additions$13k
Removal of part internal wall & installation of new beam. Front door removed & filled in. New aluminium window to be installed in existing exterior wall
- Fires and heating$6,278
Remove existing fire & install a yunca monte multi fuel with flueand flue guard on existing hearth
- Fires and heating$6,300
Remove existing fire & replace it with a woodsman serene uleb woodburner flue & flue guard
- Fires and heating$7,638
Remove existing fire & install a yunca monte wood burner flue & flue guard with a stainless steel water booster installed to g12/as1 on existing hearth
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install woodsman Tasman mkii wood burner
- Alterations and additions$250k
New extension of lounge & adding on a bdrm & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$10k
To add 9m2 extension to lounge
- Alterations and additions$950
Structural truss added to original design (n1) & frame added for fire
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Near Pukerau
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pukerau?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 38 new homes consented in the Gore District council area, with $25.1m of residential and $22.5m 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.