Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ngakawau
50 new homes were consented in the Buller District council area in the year to September 2026, down 11% on the year before. They also consented $15m of non-residential building work, up 208% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ngakawau, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 4 consents we hold in Ngakawau, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Buller District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ngakawau’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Buller 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 109 in 2022.
New homes in Ngakawau
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ngakawau sits in (Buller Coalfields) — 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 — Buller 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.
- Hospitals and health$9.3m
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
3 buildings · 374 m² new floor area · $3,610/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.5m
1 building · 112 m² new floor area · $2,321/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.1m
12 buildings · 4,315 m² new floor area · $256/m² new · +8% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$940k
+282% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$358k
−48% on the year before
- Education$213k
1 building · 106 m² new floor area · $698/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Offices$64k
−62% on the year before
Consents on record in Ngakawau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 4 from 1 Apr 2022 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.
- Fires and heating2
typically $14k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $76k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $76kShed 5 Main Road
4 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$76k
Shed
- Fires and heating$12k
Installation of new space heater (nectre bakers oven) in an existing building & new flu kit (masport free standing wood fire flu kit with combination cowl).
- Fires and heating$15k
Installation of riko 'filo' pellet fire (serial #221540480) & flue
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$10k
Repile of existing dwg.
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Near Ngakawau
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ngakawau?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 50 new homes consented in the Buller District council area, with $24.8m of residential and $15m 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.