Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Whiterigg
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 Whiterigg, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Whiterigg, 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 Whiterigg’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 Whiterigg
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Whiterigg 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 Whiterigg
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,528
- Alterations and additions3
typically $75k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $25k
- New homes2
typically $700k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $75k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $150k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $7,253Fire installation - inbuilt yunca xander insert wood burner 187 Whiterig Road
- $5,000Fire installation - freestanding woodsman kanaku wood burner 148 McKinnon Road
- $4,000Fire installation - freestanding maxen kinmont 450 wood burner 96B Pinnacle Road
18 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Fire installation - freestanding woodsman kanaku wood burner
- Fires and heating$7,253
Fire installation - inbuilt yunca xander insert wood burner
- Fires and heating$4,000
Fire installation - freestanding maxen kinmont 450 wood burner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$150k
Siting foundations drainage & recladding of transported 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Remove 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge from original consent
- Fires and heating$6,000
Fire installation - freestanding Masport Rakaia uleb wood burner
- Alterations and additions$40k
To alt location of existing bathrm. Add ensuite. Construct walkthrough entry/laundry between house & existing gge
- Alterations and additions$130k
New 10.0m x 16.0m gable il1 outbuilding
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$75k
Dwg alt - extension to lounge/dining room with covered deck. Re-install existing masport wood burner
- New homes$800k
New 2 bdrm dwg with attached gge & carport
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New 14.4 m x 9m pole shed
- New homes$600k
Disconnect services from existing 3 bdrm house to allow for removal.Remove existing residence from site & leave existing garage & laundry. Build new 3 bdrm residence with carport onto existing gge & associated services as per plans andsp
- Fires and heating$5,528
Remove existing fire & install a masport r5000 pedestal model woodburner. Flue & flue guard on existing hearth
- Alterations and additions$75k
Internal alterations. New ensuite. Wardrobe. Relocated laundry area
- New homes$585k
New 3 bdrm residence with internal access gge.
- Alterations and additions$1,100
Install pink batt (r2.6) & vapour barrier to south wall
- Fires and heating$4,521
Install fisher honeybear woodburner a Brooklyn levivi toilet withsani access 2 to be pumped to existing house septic system & araymor boston wall hung basin in shed
- Fires and heating$8,500
Remove wood burner & install firebird system 90. Low level flue penetration out the brick wall & be sealed up again. Install 480l tank bolted with dynabolts & safety cut off valve on the line. The system will be fed by the old header tank
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Whiterigg?
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.