Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Newstead
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 the statistical area around Newstead, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 69 consents we hold in Newstead, 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 Newstead’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 Newstead
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Newstead sits in (Hamilton Park) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 1 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 Newstead
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 69 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Dec 2025. 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 heating8
typically $6,250
- Pools and spas8
typically $58k
- Alterations and additions7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $76k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
typically $43k
- New homes3
typically $1.2m
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $16k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $84k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $56k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $125kAdd of new master bdrm, wardrobe & ensuite to existing dwg including minor internal changes 26 Badger Close
- $25kUpgrade existing effluent field with a new aes secondary treatment effluent disposal system 62 Lissette Road
69 consents
- Alterations and additions$125k
Add of new master bdrm, wardrobe & ensuite to existing dwg including minor internal changes
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Upgrade existing effluent field with a new aes secondary treatment effluent disposal system
- Pools and spas$50k
Swimming pool & fencing
- Fires and heating$4,000
Instal new fireplace - woodmans Brunner ii
- New homes$1.2m
Dwg with attached dbl gge & portico
- Alterations and additions$1.5m
Dwg additions & alterations
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$6,000
Replace wastewater system with new
- Fires and heating$7,000
Heater
- Alterations and additions$76k
Removing existing flat roof on part of the house. New trusses to form pitched roof & then re-roof entire house. Freestanding solid fuel heater.
- Pools and spas$85k
Pool & associated fencing
- Fires and heating$8,000
Heater
- Fires and heating$5,500
Installation of Contessa woodfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Covert part of gge to a self-contained unit
- Alterations and additions$32k
Outbuilding
- New homes$1.9m
New 4 bdrm dwg with attached 4 car gge
- New homes$250k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$100k
Dwg additions & alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
Solar panel array add to shed roof
- Fires and heating$7,000
Heater
- Fires and heating$3,000
Heater
- Fires and heating$1,500
Install metro Ltd mega rad & connect to new wetback
- Relocated buildings$80k
Re-site second hand dwg
- Alterations and additions$60k
Dwg additions
- Commercial alterations$100k
Gge & office
- Garages, sheds and carports$47k
Gge
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Near Newstead
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Newstead?
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.