Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Awatuna
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. In Awatuna itself, 27 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 8 consents we hold in Awatuna, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Awatuna’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Awatuna
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Arahura-Kūmara. In the year to September 2026: 25 houses, 2 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 — 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 Awatuna
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Aug 2021 to 1 Apr 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 homes3
typically $389k
- Fires and heating2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,001
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $61k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $48k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $10kInstallation of a woodsman stag space heater & flue 649B Kumara Junction Highway
8 consents
- Fires and heating$10k
Installation of a woodsman stag space heater & flue
- Garages, sheds and carports$61k
New car port (pole shed) & new laundry tub adjacent to existing house.
- New homes$100k
2-bdrm dwg on driven timber piles.
- Fires and heating$1
To build new 3 bdrm home including woodsman Tarras space heater amendment 1: changing the rigid air barrier from ibs rigid wrap to james hardie 6mm rab board system. To build new 3 bdrm home including woodsman Tarras space heater
- New homes$389k
New single level, three bdrm, 1 bathrm dwg with woodsman kanaku fire (dry) & on-site effluent disposal system
- Relocated buildings$48k
Relocation of cottage to be recladding & new fire - 123 von loop Rd, Mount Nicholas station
- New homes$389k
Erect 3 bdrm dwg & install septic system
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Installation of a stag wet multifuel fire to a domestic dwg
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Near Awatuna
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Awatuna?
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.