Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pukete
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 Pukete itself, 8 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 70 consents we hold in Pukete, 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 Pukete’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 Pukete
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Pukete West, Pukete East. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 6 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 Pukete
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 70 from 1 Jul 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 homes29
1 in the last 12 months · typically $451k
- Fires and heating9
7 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions9
typically $30k
- Relocated buildings3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $94k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Insulation2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Solar panels1
typically $41k
- Multiple homes1
typically $569k
- Pools and spas1
typically $135k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.6mRbw - 7 new 2 storey household units: 2 bedrooms with 1 bathrm & ensuite + flexiroom to unit 1-3 & 7 + with timber & block retaining walls + private drainage + onsite ww system central. 15 Challinor Street
- $30kProposed new relocated 2 bdrm dwg 3B Emma Place
- $25kConnect to council sewer 16 Ronald Court
- $10kBasement gge under existing house 20 Tupelo Street
- $9,500To install a ravelli dual 7 freestanding pellet fire in living area 31 Pohutukawa Drive
70 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Basement gge under existing house
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Connect to council sewer
- Fires and heating$6,000
New masport Hurunui uleb solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$9,500
To install a ravelli dual 7 freestanding pellet fire in living area
- Fires and heating$5,800
Alt to dwg - installation of a masport Rangitata beveled, insert, dry, wood burner, cac 203666
- New homes$2.6m
Rbw - 7 new 2 storey household units: 2 bedrooms with 1 bathrm & ensuite + flexiroom to unit 1-3 & 7 + with timber & block retaining walls + private drainage + onsite ww system central.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install new metro trend insert solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,500
Alt to dwg - installation of a woodsman kanaku wood box (uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 243695
- Insulation$4,000
Install wall insulation to exterior walls - flat b
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Relocated buildings$30k
Proposed new relocated 2 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Kaituna wood stacker, freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac-234636
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Convert gge to bedrooms & add toilet upstairs
- New homes$220k
New detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alterations & additions to existing dwg
- Multiple homes$569k
New duplex with attached garages
- Alterations and additions$20k
Enclose existing porches & internal alterations
- Alterations and additions$24k
Alterations to existing dwg
- New homes$336k
Construction of dwg with attached gge
- Relocated buildings$94k
Relocate existing dwg within site
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$55k
Reclad to existing two storey dwg
- Insulation$6,000
Install insulmax insulation to existing dwg
- New homes$850k
Demolition of existing outbuildings for replacement with new detached dwgs
- New homes$259k
New detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Reposition non-load bearing braced wall, reposition wc, install second wc, shower & basin fixtures
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pukete?
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.