Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ohawe
65 new homes were consented in the South Taranaki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 3% on the year before. They also consented $32.5m of non-residential building work, down 22% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ohawe, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 23 consents we hold in Ohawe, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the South Taranaki District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ohawe’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, South Taranaki District, 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 100 in 2007.
New homes in Ohawe
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ohawe sits in (Okaiawa) — the suburb is smaller than one. 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 — South Taranaki District, 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.
- Farm buildings$11.3m
60 buildings · 17,849 m² new floor area · $621/m² new · +72% on the year before
- Education$6.8m
+66% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.5m
1 building · −75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 990 m² new floor area · $4,545/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.9m
1 building · 221 m² new floor area · $1,434/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$467k
1 building · 114 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · +49% on the year before
- Offices$355k
−14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$214k
Consents on record in Ohawe
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 23 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 May 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.
- Fires and heating6
3 in the last 12 months · typically $4,500
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $13k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $80k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $40k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $10kBathrm altered to add shower 8 Moana Street
- $6,800New install of metro rad plus freestanding woodburner in lounge 59 Kawei Road
- $5,000Installing of freestanding fireplace 8 Hira Street
- $4,000Installing a wood burner & flue 10 Hira Street
23 consents
- Fires and heating$6,800
New install of metro rad plus freestanding woodburner in lounge
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installing a wood burner & flue
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installing of freestanding fireplace
- Alterations and additions$10k
Bathrm altered to add shower
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$80k
Extension of existing kitchen, enclosed deck to first floor above proposed extension
- Fires and heating$7,100
Install Metro Wee Rad c/a (legs) f/stdg logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
New dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$15k
New bdrm on 2nd floor within existing ceiling space/new skylights
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install jayline fr400 clean air freestanding logfire
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install masport r5000ws freestanding logfire
- Fires and heating$5,800
To supply & install a new yunca xander insert wood burner. Detached dwg
- Pools and spas$17k
Replace swimming pool fencing for existing pool ancillary
- Alterations and additions$30k
Extension of dwg for sunroom
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro eco xtreme rad f/stdg logfire
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install metro wee rad woody dry f/stdg logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$23k
Proposed new 9.814m x 6.889m totalspan steel portal frame gge
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal walls removed & hyspan beams installed / new external timber joinery
- Garages, sheds and carports$27k
New gge
- Alterations and additions$177k
2-storey extension to dwg (owner/builder)
- Fires and heating$5,009
Install metro eco wee rad legs f/stdg logfire
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal alterations to existing dwg. Change ground res dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install metro wee rad f/stdg logfire
- Alterations and additions$2,725
Amendment: add of vertical shiplap cedar W'Boards to parts of ground floor cladding
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Near Ohawe
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ohawe?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 65 new homes consented in the South Taranaki District council area, with $48.3m of residential and $32.5m 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.