Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rukuhia
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 Rukuhia, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 68 consents we hold in Rukuhia, 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 Rukuhia’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 Rukuhia
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Rukuhia sits in (Lake Cameron) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Rukuhia
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 68 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Aug 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 spas12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Fires and heating9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $711k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $74k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $17k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $35k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $70k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.2m260101 - lot 4 - new 4-bdrm, 2 & 1/2-bathrooms, open plan kitchen, dining & living, with separate media & games room. Attached internal access dbl gge. 6 Nukuhau Lane
- $80k260657 - lot 1 - renovation of wet areas including kitchen & changing existing bdrm to an ensuite 635 Peacockes Road
- $50kNew swimming pool & fence 3163B Ohaupo Road
- $14k251021 - lot 2 - installation of permanent pool fencing. Note pool under 35,000 litres so pool is exempt from consent under schedule 1. 5/46 Lowe Road
- $6,000250910 - solid fuel burner installation into a portico 22 McGregor Road
68 consents
- Alterations and additions$80k
260657 - lot 1 - renovation of wet areas including kitchen & changing existing bdrm to an ensuite
- Pools and spas$50k
New swimming pool & fence
- New homes$1.2m
260101 - lot 4 - new 4-bdrm, 2 & 1/2-bathrooms, open plan kitchen, dining & living, with separate media & games room. Attached internal access dbl gge.
- Fires and heating$6,000
250910 - solid fuel burner installation into a portico
- Pools and spas$14k
251021 - lot 2 - installation of permanent pool fencing. Note pool under 35,000 litres so pool is exempt from consent under schedule 1.
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Add new w/c &wash sink with storage to existing gge with
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$70k
250855 - lot 4 - recladding & replacing windows for an existing house
- Garages, sheds and carports$92k
New detached gge
- Alterations and additions$550k
250568 - lot 1 - additions/alterations to existing dwg to change use to health care unit. Adding 9 bedrooms & 4 new bathrooms
- New homes$1.5m
250609 - lot 6 - 4-bdrm house with attached gge plus a separate gge & unit
- Pools and spas$60k
250589 - lot 1 - construction of new swimming pool
- Pools and spas$8,000
240784 - lot 2 - construct new pool barrier
- Garages, sheds and carports$155k
250509 - lot 2 - erection of new freestanding carport alt existing kitchen bathrm laundry remove wood fire
- Alterations and additions$50k
240420 - convert existing covered portico into additional habitable room.
- Fires and heating$8,400
Install a f/s ravelli, elena rv100 pellet fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
250262 - lot 2 - install new solid fuel heater
- New homes$975k
250354 - lot 2 - proposed new dwg & new detached shed
- Fires and heating$7,000
250247 - install new solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of masport eco r3000 pedestal solid fuel heater
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$35k
240939 - lot 5 - deconstruction of an existing timber framed deck, reconstruction of deck, balustrade & stair in the same position, same size, using comparable materials, & upgrading to current nzs3604:2011 acceptable solutions, & including a
- Pools and spas$50k
240629 - construction of new swimming pool
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$30k
240392 - new ensuite/laundry being added to a sleepout in existing gge
- Pools and spas$60k
240005 - swimming pool. 15m x 4m. Concrete floor with reinforced concrete block walls. With pump room. With infinity edge on three sides, & with fenced deck on the fourth side.
- Pools and spas$75k
230760 - lot 1 - pool & pool fencing
- New homes$1.8m
230780- lot 7 - new res dwg, 4 bdrm, open plan living with attached gge & swimming pool
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rukuhia?
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.