Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaniere
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 the statistical area around Kaniere, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 28 consents we hold in Kaniere, 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 Kaniere’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 Kaniere
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kaniere sits in (Hokitika Rural) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 6 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 — 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 Kaniere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 28 from 1 Sep 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.
- Alterations and additions5
typically $2,500
- Fires and heating4
typically $8,100
- New homes3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $510k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Multiple homes1
typically $303k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $120k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $500kSingle storey, 3-bdrm domestic dwg & attached gge 164A Kaniere Road
- $65kNew, 3 bay, non-habitable pole shed 56 Pine Tree Road
- $30kNew sleepout 112 Kaniere Road
28 consents
- New homes$500k
Single storey, 3-bdrm domestic dwg & attached gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$30k
New sleepout
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
New, 3 bay, non-habitable pole shed
- New homes$510k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg connecting to existing services in easement. Onsite storm water soakpit.
- New homes$520k
New dwg with 3-bedrooms & 2-bathrooms connecting services to existing row.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$6,000
Install new masport r3000p fireplace in sleepout
- Alterations and additions$100k
Extensive internal renovation. Bathrm relocated, housing - multi-unit dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Construction of an extension to an existing pole shed.
- Commercial alterations$120k
New gge (including storage area) with an attached office.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Masport kronos multifuel freestanding fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect 6x5 x 2.7 totalspan gge
- Fires and heating$9,200
Install new woodsman coaster multifuel fire in place of existing fire.
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Remove exisiting fire & replace with new multifuel fire
- Fires and heating$16k
Dwg alterations & coaster space heater
- Multiple homes$303k
Construction of duplex style dwg. Each unit has 2 bedrooms & 1 bathrm
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Wbca002 replacement & installation of new heating appliance, new woodsman matai rmf
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace existing mf space heater for with new masport r 10000 wood burner
- Alterations and additions$10k
Installation of a firebird 26kw external condensing boiler & one new delonghi radiator in a domestic dwg.
- Alterations and additions$1
Dwg extension & internal alterations amendment 1: change shower to a wet area shower.
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Construction of new gge 9.0 x 7.2m.
- Pools and spas$120k
Install pool & fencing
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Installation of a fr400 wood ruralfire & wetback connection
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$8,900
Connect house to council sewer system & decommission existing septic tank system.
- New homes$480k
Erect 3 bdrm dwg, ...
- New homes$180k
New 3 bdrm mono pitch dwg
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Near Kaniere
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaniere?
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.