Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hokitika
56 new homes were consented in the Westland District council area in the year to September 2026, up 8% on the year before. They also consented $4.9m of non-residential building work, down 16% on the year before. Below: 288 consents we hold in Hokitika, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Westland District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Westland 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 80 in 2004.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Westland 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+408% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1.2m
1 building · 240 m² new floor area · $833/m² new · +449% on the year before
- Farm buildings$938k
9 buildings · 1,676 m² new floor area · $542/m² new · +42% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$610k
+20% on the year before
- Education$155k
−67% on the year before
Consents on record in Hokitika
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 288 from 1 Aug 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.
- Fires and heating68
13 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- New homes57
16 in the last 12 months · typically $475k
- Alterations and additions48
9 in the last 12 months · typically $27k
- Garages, sheds and carports16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $44k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater9
4 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Relocated buildings6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Pools and spas5
typically $20k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Commercial alterations3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $155k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · 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
- $2m4 x 3 bdrm 1 bathrm dwgs 119 Hoffman Street, Hokitika
- $966kNew 3 bdrm two storey dwg with stuv 30 compact one fireplace. 145 Revell Street, Hokitika
- $850kConstruct 3 bed 2 bath 2 storey dwg. 33 Mandl Rise, Seaview
- $695kDetached two-bdrm dwg 184 Sale Street, Hokitika
- $680kBuilding alt (change of use - commercial to dwgs) 74 Stafford Street, Hokitika
288 consents
- Commercial alterations$155k
260679 - lot 7 - renovate bathrm, ensuite, convert wc/powder room to office, update laundry space in gge, remove internal wall to relocate kitchen & create open plan kitchen / lounge / dining, revise entry. Footprint remains the same.
- New homes$400k
Construct a 3 bdrm house with attached gge.
- Commercial alterations$680k
Building alt (change of use - commercial to dwgs)
- Fires and heating$4,800
Alt to dwg - installation of masport clutha uleb, freestanding, dry, wood burner, cac 231303.
- Alterations and additions$1
Construction of a new single-storey, three-bdrm dwg with an attached gge. Amendment 1: revise the bracing plan by specifying homerab as the exterior wall bracing system.
- Fit-outs$30k
New 12x19.2m il1 non-habitable pole shed outbuilding amendment 1: internal wall fitout, intermediate floor & refurbished woodsman Milford space heater within non-habitable pole shed
- Alterations and additions$36k
Remove internal wall, install new level entry shower & widen existing door internal door opening for accessible entry to existing bathrm.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install woodsman coaster solid fuel heating appliance with connection to existing wetback
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new mighty meg eco woodburner
- Alterations and additions$1
Multi-unit dwg - 2 x single storey 2 bdrm dwg amendment 1: change foundation from allied raft superslab to sed driven pile foundation design
- New homes$500k
Single storey, 3-bdrm domestic dwg & attached gge
- New homes$300k
3 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$40k
Siting, foundation & drainage for transportable dwg with a covered deck & steps
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$35k
Internal alt to move bathrm associated drainage & housing - detached
- Relocated buildings$35k
To relocate an existing one-bdrm dwg with driven piles, internal wall bracing, solar hot water, on-site wastewater & woodsman kanaku woodburner
- New homes$595k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
To install a wagener sparky ca log burner.
- New homes$2m
4 x 3 bdrm 1 bathrm dwgs
- Fires and heating$4,500
Free-standing metro wee rad leg solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a woodsman strongman multi fuel fire & flue.
- New homes$500k
2 bdrm, 1 bathrm with attached gge
- Fires and heating$70k
Internal alterations including bathrm, new ensuite & new woodsman Tarras wood burner
- New homes$550k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg
- New homes$650k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a masport Akaroa mkii wood stacker fire & spiroloc flue.
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Suburbs in Hokitika
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hokitika?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 56 new homes consented in the Westland District council area, with $26m of residential and $4.9m 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.