Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rototuna
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 Rototuna itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 34 consents we hold in Rototuna, 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 Rototuna’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 Rototuna
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Rototuna South East, Rototuna South West. 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 Rototuna
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 34 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jun 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.
- Alterations and additions14
1 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Fires and heating5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- New homes3
typically $720k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Pools and spas2
typically $8,500
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $275k
- Insulation1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $29k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kGround floor extension under existing first floor deck detached dwgs 3 The Palms
- $50kExtension to existing dwg 399 Hukanui Road
- $9,000New pyro classic fire box solid fuel heater 4 Greenwich Place
- $6,000Replace existing woodfire & flue with a metro wee rad base 10 Strathmore Drive
- $4,000Install insulmax insulation to dwg 7 Northmeadow Drive
34 consents
- Insulation$4,000
Install insulmax insulation to dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace existing woodfire & flue with a metro wee rad base
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$150k
Ground floor extension under existing first floor deck detached dwgs
- Fires and heating$9,000
New pyro classic fire box solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$50k
Extension to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install new maxen kinmont 350-p freestanding solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$8,000
Freestanding sfh
- Pools and spas$5,000
New swimming pool fence
- Alterations and additions$63k
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal alterations to existing bathrm
- Alterations and additions$10k
Alterations to dwg - refurbish en-suite
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Internal alterations to existing dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$250k
Rbw - reclad - owner-builder - reclad dbl storey dwg from plaster cladding to vertical metal cladding on new building wrap, cavity. Partial windows upgrade to dbl glazing & minor exterior
- Alterations and additions$40k
Ground floor bathrm alterations. New wet area shower cut detached dwgs
- Alterations and additions$26k
Bathrm alterations
- Alterations and additions$4,900
Rbw - incorporating existing storage room into bathrm to make bigger to allow for new walk in shower with associated plumbing & drainage. Existing wc to remain & upgrade exist vanity replace int
- Alterations and additions$24k
Alterations to existing bathrm
- Alterations and additions$55k
Alterations to dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$29k
Rbw - alt to existing dwg with new toilet, renovate existing bathrm & kitchen. Remove pointed existing external windows to replace with new joinery & stucco cladding on cavity
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of freestanding wee rad solid fuel heater
- New homes$580k
New dwg & retaining walls
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Rbw - amendment for laminate flooring, waterproof membrane & deck detail.
- Alterations and additions$20k
Partial cladding upgrade
- Alterations and additions$49k
Alterations to existing dwg
- Pools and spas$12k
New swimming pool fence
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rototuna?
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.