Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Bader
1,063 new homes were consented in the Hamilton City council area in the year to September 2026, up 23% on the year before. They also consented $321m of non-residential building work, up 69% on the year before. In Bader itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Bader, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Hamilton City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Bader’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Hamilton City, 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 1,749 in 2021.
New homes in Bader
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Bader. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 — Hamilton City, 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$88.7m
6 buildings · 7,970 m² new floor area · $7,834/m² new · +175% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$88.6m
13 buildings · 46,000 m² new floor area · $1,876/m² new · +425% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$47.8m
6 buildings · 8,632 m² new floor area · $3,782/m² new · +179% on the year before
- Offices$34.2m
2 buildings · 438 m² new floor area · $13,699/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$24.7m
5 buildings · 4,851 m² new floor area · $3,260/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$12m
4 buildings · 930 m² new floor area · $8,992/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$10.4m
2 buildings · 2,464 m² new floor area · $3,139/m² new · 0% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$8.9m
3 buildings · 1,386 m² new floor area · $2,698/m² new · −66% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$5.4m
−71% on the year before
Consents on record in Bader
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 heating3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions3
typically $10k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.8m
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $180k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $72k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.8mConstruction of 6 attached dwgs with attached garages 15 Cleveland Street
- $180kNew detached dwg 1B Odette Street
- $40kReplace existing cladding sheets, cut back existing decking from cladding base to compliant - associated work includes removal of reuse of existing joinery & replacement of timber framing (block aa) 52 Norrie Street
- $8,000Freestanding sfh maxen kinmont 18 Norrie Street
- $5,000Alt to dwg - installation of masport Kaituna wood stacker (ulebs), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 234636 60 Norrie Street
18 consents
- Multiple homes$2.8m
Construction of 6 attached dwgs with attached garages
- Fires and heating$8,000
Freestanding sfh maxen kinmont
- New homes$180k
New detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Kaituna wood stacker (ulebs), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 234636
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Replace existing cladding sheets, cut back existing decking from cladding base to compliant - associated work includes removal of reuse of existing joinery & replacement of timber framing (block aa)
- Alterations and additions$10k
Converting the main bathrm into 2 bathrooms so the master bdrm will have an ensuite.
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Alt to dwg - installation of tropicair duo, freestanding, wet, woodburner, cac165314
- Commercial alterations$20k
Certificate of acceptance - converted the workshop portion outbuildings
- Fires and heating$3,000
Heater
- Alterations and additions$50k
Proposed new house built off site & relocated to 40
- Garages, sheds and carports$72k
To relocate second hand four bdrm dwg & matching gge to site
- Fires and heating$5,587
Install new massport r3000 leg base freestanding solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install free standing tiny rad solid fuel heater
- New homes$200k
New dwg with attached gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$80k
Repair fire damaged dwg
- Multiple homes$700k
New two storey duplex with attached gge
- Fires and heating$5,473
New free standing masport solid fuel heater
- Insulation$5,000
Install new insulation
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Bader?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,063 new homes consented in the Hamilton City council area, with $404m of residential and $321m 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.