Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Puketaha
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 Puketaha itself, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 46 consents we hold in Puketaha, 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 Puketaha’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 Puketaha
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Hamilton Park. 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 Puketaha
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 46 from 1 Sep 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.
- New homes7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Pools and spas5
typically $50k
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $97k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Fires and heating3
typically $7,000
- Other new buildings1
typically $175k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.4mDwg 243 Sainsbury Road
- $350kMinor dwg 321 Sainsbury Road
- $25kGge turn into 2 bedrooms, insulation, new linings. Bathrm alt - add ensuite. 100 Gordonton Road
- $8,000Replacing existing hinged doors with new cavity slider & adding new wc & small wall hung vanity 243 Puketaha Road
46 consents
- New homes$350k
Minor dwg
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Replacing existing hinged doors with new cavity slider & adding new wc & small wall hung vanity
- New homes$1.4m
Dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Gge turn into 2 bedrooms, insulation, new linings. Bathrm alt - add ensuite.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
Heater - firenzo kompact ag inbuilt deco 800
- Pools and spas$80k
Pool & associated fencing
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Shed with bathrm
- Alterations and additions$450k
Demolition of large portion of the existing building to reduce footprint to suit a minor res unit. Construction of new attached gge
- Alterations and additions$150k
Dwg additions & alterations
- New homes$250k
Dependent persons dwg & associated sw & ww systems
- New homes$300k
Secondary dwg
- New homes$300k
Dependent persons dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
Add of sliding door to gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Conversion of part existing shed to self-contained space
- Pools and spas$60k
Pool & associated fencing
- Pools and spas$4,600
Pool fence
- New homes$975k
Dwg with attached gge
- Pools and spas$50k
Swimming pool
- Alterations and additions$43k
New portable bathrm
- Pools and spas$9,000
Pool fencing
- New homes$1.1m
New dwg with attached gge
- Other new buildings$175k
Habitable outbuilding
- Fires and heating$2,000
Solid fuel heater
- Pools and spas$70k
Swimming pool
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Near Puketaha
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Puketaha?
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.