Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hargest
229 new homes were consented in the Invercargill City council area in the year to September 2026, up 21% on the year before. They also consented $44m of non-residential building work, down 65% on the year before. In the statistical area around Hargest, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 79 consents we hold in Hargest, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Invercargill City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Hargest’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Invercargill City, 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 286 in 2021.
New homes in Hargest
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Hargest sits in (Rosedale-Hargest) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 — Invercargill City, 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.
- Offices$13.2m
3 buildings · 677 m² new floor area · $3,676/m² new · +30% on the year before
- Education$8.3m
4 buildings · 410 m² new floor area · $2,812/m² new · −64% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7m
3 buildings · 6,110 m² new floor area · $552/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$5.4m
2 buildings · 858 m² new floor area · $3,613/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
36 buildings · 8,469 m² new floor area · $416/m² new · −18% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2.9m
1 building · 484 m² new floor area · $5,165/m² new · +1064% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.8m
1 building · 65 m² new floor area · $462/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$650k
+4% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$216k
2 buildings · 264 m² new floor area · $720/m² new · −98% on the year before
Consents on record in Hargest
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 79 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jun 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 heating19
3 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions10
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Commercial alterations2
typically $19k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $1,800
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $800k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $78k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $5,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $800kNew dwg with attached gge 4 Auburn Road
- $5,000Rbw bathrm alt 203 Lamond Street East
- $5,000New freestanding fireplace housing - detached 363 Racecourse Road
- $5,000Install insert firenzo kompact ag deco 800 solid fuel burner (replacement) 188 Ward Street
- $2,500F/s metro xtreme rad - leg sfh 2 Talbot Place
79 consents
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Rbw bathrm alt
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding fireplace housing - detached
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install insert firenzo kompact ag deco 800 solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$2,500
F/s metro xtreme rad - leg sfh
- New homes$800k
New dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$8,600
Install yunca xander insert solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Rbw remove internal stairs to add cupboard
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Removal of a non load bearing wall, bracing elements housing - detached dwgs
- Alterations and additions$150k
Rbw extend dwg to add bdrm, lounge & storage
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$5,000
Rbw replace door with window & re-clad
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install insert kent Rata solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s Maxen Kinmont 350 solid fuel burning appliance
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install f/s yunca wegj ca sub 1.0 fuel burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a yunca monte base ca sub 1.0 wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a masport r5000 pedestal solid fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$78k
Rbw convert carport into gge / laundry, internal alterations to include bathrm
- Fires and heating$11k
Install rika filo pellet burner
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Rbw remove load bearing walls in kitchen / living area
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Site servicing install type 1 yard sump
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install pyroclassic iv freestanding burner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install yunca oscar ca sub 1.1
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install masport r3000 woodburner (wood stacker model) into existing alcove
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Installation of freestanding jayline fr300
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw interior alt, remove walls, install trusses
- Fires and heating$2,800
Replace existing insert heater with masport Rangitata insert
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hargest?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 229 new homes consented in the Invercargill City council area, with $120m of residential and $44m 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.