Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Residential building consents in Hector
50 new homes were consented in the Buller District council area in the year to September 2026, down 11% on the year before. Below: 22 residential consents we hold in Hector, 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.
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.
What kind of homes
New dwellings consented in the year to September 2026, by type, with the average floor area and value Stats NZ’s figures give.
- Houses49
143 m² average · $430k average value · −8% on the year before
- Townhouses, flats and units1
19 m² average · $60k average value · −50% on the year before
Residential consents on record in Hector
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 22 from 1 Dec 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.
- Fires and heating6
typically $5,400
- Alterations and additions4
typically $5,500
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Multiple homes2
typically $800k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $105k
- 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, Ngakawau
22 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$76k
Shed
- Alterations and additions$32k
Remove existing shower cubical & install a wet floor shower. Internal door widening for disabled access
- 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).
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Installation of pyroclassic mini spaceheater
- Fires and heating$15k
Installation of riko 'filo' pellet fire (serial #221540480) & flue
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a new fisher denniston fireplace (# pfd1220010) connected to wetback & using existing flue.
- Multiple homes$900k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - new 4-unit, two storey, 2/3 bdrm townhouses (lots 3-6)
- Fires and heating$5,800
Freestanding-metro wee rad woody c/a free standing
- Multiple homes$700k
Rbw - housing (multi-unit dwg) - new two storey, three bdrm duplex (lot 1 & 2)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$105k
Alt bathrm / laundry area, install concrete driveway & new soak hole
- Alterations and additions$6,000
New installation of a metrofires 'wee rad woody' ecan certified low emission solid burner: #162621 with 'eco' flue kit.
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to bc130311. Change of fire to pyroclassic pyro iv
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of second hand solid fuel burner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$10k
Repile of existing dwg.
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
To install a wastewater system only for a future dwg / workshop
- Fires and heating$2,700
Installation of a new woodsman rmf fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
To erect an 'arch' building gge 8.8 x 15
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of fisher denniston multi fuel burner
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of new firenzo Bronte rural wood burner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$16k
Repile of dwg
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Installation woodman the coaster multifuel fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$19k
Construction of detached dbl gge & installation of fisher jayline spaceheater in existing dwg
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Suburbs in Hector
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hector?
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.