Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaiata
49 new homes were consented in the Grey District council area in the year to September 2026, down 35% on the year before. They also consented $12.7m of non-residential building work, down 56% on the year before. In the statistical area around Kaiata, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 28 consents we hold in Kaiata, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Grey District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Kaiata’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Grey 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 107 in 2007.
New homes in Kaiata
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kaiata sits in (Greymouth Rural) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 — Grey 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.
- Offices$4m
−27% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
21 buildings · 6,386 m² new floor area · $566/m² new · +87% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,191 m² new floor area · $1,738/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 184 m² new floor area · $5,163/m² new · +139% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$979k
3 buildings · 801 m² new floor area · $1,186/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$280k
1 building · 47 m² new floor area · $1,702/m² new · −98% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$180k
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $952/m² new · −49% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$67k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Kaiata
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 28 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 May 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 heating10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $480k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $155k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $1
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.2mRbw - construction of 7x two-storey terraced dwgs, each comprising two bedrooms & 1.5 bathrooms. Includes stormwater tanks & retaining walls. 360 Main Road
- $155kPlacement of an offsite manufactured home on new timber piles. Construction of new decks, stairs, landings & baseboards to be added on site after delivery. Connection to existing water & power, new connection of sewerage & stormwater 14 Litchfield Street
- $100kConstruct shed with services & a freestanding wood burner outbuildings
- $17kSeparation of sewerage 301 Omoto Road
- $5,000Install fire (stag) 440 Main Road
28 consents
- Alterations and additions$4,500
Replacement of existing freestandin
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$155k
Placement of an offsite manufactured home on new timber piles. Construction of new decks, stairs, landings & baseboards to be added on site after delivery. Connection to existing water & power, new connection of sewerage & stormwater
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Install fire (stag)
- New homes$1.2m
Rbw - construction of 7x two-storey terraced dwgs, each comprising two bedrooms & 1.5 bathrooms. Includes stormwater tanks & retaining walls.
- Alterations and additions$17k
Separation of sewerage
- Fires and heating$100k
Construct shed with services & a freestanding wood burner outbuildings
- New homes$480k
Construction of single storey res dwg. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with an attached gge
- Fires and heating$9,800
Installation of a new yunca monte multifuel fire
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install second hand solid fuel burner to non-habitable shed.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install a freestanding wood burner
- Alterations and additions$50k
Erect 2 Totalspan garages - one 6x7 lean-to open front & one closed 6x9 gge with bathrm
- Alterations and additions$48k
New kitchen, new bathrm, new laundry. New exterior sliding door & internal walls to be removed.
- Fires and heating$12k
Installation of a new yunca monte multifuel fire
- Fires and heating$10k
Free-standing Ravelli Elena pellet fire
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$1
Refurbishment of existing bach. New covered deck that is covered under schedule 1 but shown for building purposes & clarity. Amendment 1: change of interior bracing plywood supplier
- Fires and heating$2,200
Install Woodsman RMF(replacement)
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alterations to building
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Sewer separation - minor drainage work
- New homes$300k
Construction of a two bdrm house with onsite effluent system & rain harvest system .
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new woodsman strongman fire
- Fires and heating$3,000
Replacement of solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a certified second hand woodsman rmf wet fire in a domestic dwg.
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Installation of a McKenzie auto stoker coal boiler to a domestic dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Separation of services
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$25k
New deck to existing dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaiata?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 49 new homes consented in the Grey District council area, with $34.2m of residential and $12.7m 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.