Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rotokauri
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 Rotokauri, 12 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 42 consents we hold in Rotokauri, 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 Rotokauri’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 Rotokauri
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Rotokauri sits in (Whatawhata East) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 8 houses, 4 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 Rotokauri
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 42 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Apr 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.
- Pools and spas5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Alterations and additions5
typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $40k
- Fires and heating3
typically $10k
- New homes3
typically $795k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $245k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $245kResite dwg 407 Rotokauri Road
- $150kPool & associated fencing 63 Pheasant Close
- $60kPool & associated fencing 24 Wynvale Lane
42 consents
- Relocated buildings$245k
Resite dwg
- Pools and spas$150k
Pool & associated fencing
- Pools and spas$60k
Pool & associated fencing
- Fires and heating$8,000
Heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Extended bdrm + an add of a gge/laundry
- Alterations and additions$25k
Adding portico to existing house
- Fires and heating$10k
Heater
- Alterations and additions$50k
Dwg additions & alterations
- Pools and spas$50k
Pool house
- Fires and heating$10k
Heater
- Alterations and additions$140k
Internal dwg alterations & external cladding replaced
- Pools and spas$100k
Swimming pool
- New homes$970k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Gge
- Alterations and additions$80k
Detached boat awning
- Pools and spas$58k
Swimming pool
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Convert existing gge to bdrm with ensuite
- New homes$795k
New dwg & attached gge
- New homes$250k
New dependant persons dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$30k
Dwg additions & alterations
- New homes$330k
New dwg with detached gge
- Pools and spas$100k
Swimming pool
- Fires and heating$10k
Heater
- Pools and spas$40k
Swimming pool
- New homes$510k
New dwg with detached gge
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Near Rotokauri
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rotokauri?
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.