Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Kowhai
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 Te Kowhai itself, 22 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 134 consents we hold in Te Kowhai, 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 Te Kowhai’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 Te Kowhai
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Te Kōwhai. In the year to September 2026: 15 houses, 7 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 Te Kowhai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 134 from 1 Aug 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 homes26
5 in the last 12 months · typically $632k
- Pools and spas20
4 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Garages, sheds and carports17
3 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Fires and heating14
typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions12
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Relocated buildings3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $10k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $55k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $975kDbl storey dwg with attached four car gge 354 Bedford Road
- $800kDwg, swim/spa pool & detached shed 552 Te Kowhai Road
- $633kDwg & detached gge 500 Horotiu Road
- $250kPool house with bar & gym 51 Hartstone Road
- $250kDwg 245 Limmer Road
134 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Shed with bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$161k
Gge
- Pools and spas$50k
Pool & associated fencing
- New homes$200k
Minor dwg
- Pools and spas$250k
Pool house with bar & gym
- New homes$633k
Dwg & detached gge
- New homes$975k
Dbl storey dwg with attached four car gge
- New homes$800k
Dwg, swim/spa pool & detached shed
- Pools and spas$67k
Pool & associated fencing
- Relocated buildings$150k
Relocate existing dwg
- New homes$250k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Install 3x ceiling runner beams to support roof
- Pools and spas$60k
Swimming pool
- New homes$650k
Dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$90k
Load bearing walls removed, erecting sed beams
- New homes$650k
Dwg
- Pools and spas$60k
Swimming pool
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$61k
Demolish gge & building new gge
- New homes$1.8m
Dwg with attached gge
- New homes$738k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
New wastewater disposal field
- New homes$148k
Transportable dwg
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Near Te Kowhai
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Kowhai?
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.