Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Newfield
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 Newfield itself, 7 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 173 consents we hold in Newfield, 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 Newfield’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 Newfield
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Newfield. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 6 retirement village units.
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 Newfield
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 173 from 1 Jul 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 heating42
8 in the last 12 months · typically $5,250
- Alterations and additions27
5 in the last 12 months · typically $14k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater9
3 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- Insulation8
typically $1
- New homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $561k
- Demolition1
typically $50k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $40k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $1
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $72k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $561kNew three-bdrm dwg with attached 2 car gge & log burner 32 Highfield Terrace
- $495kRbw construct 2 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge 26 Aadies Way
- $300kRbw construct attached gge, internal alterations, extension & f/s woodsman serene solid fuel burner 108 Dome Street
- $50kRbw alt to laundry layout, replace kitchen / living lintel beam & add of wc 84 Lime Street
- $20kRbw internal alterations to create ensuite, kitchenette, bdrm & lounge 52 Orwell Crescent
173 consents
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install f/s masport Hurunui solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install f/s revelli elena solid fuel burner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$7,000
Install 2 x 450x900 concrete stormwater sumps
- Alterations and additions$1,500
Add of wet floor shower
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install f/s masport Cashmere solid fuel burner (replacement)
- New homes$561k
New three-bdrm dwg with attached 2 car gge & log burner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$12k
Install 100mm fs & 100mm sw drainage (lot 1, 698 tweed St)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$4,000
Install 100mm sw drainage & sumps
- Fires and heating$5,900
Install f/s woodsman Brunner mkii solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw internal alterations to create ensuite, kitchenette, bdrm & lounge
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
Rbw construct attached gge, internal alterations, extension & f/s woodsman serene solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a free-standing kent Oxford woodburner & foley flue kit with dektite soaker tray flashing ceiling height 2.6m smoke alarms interconnected section 2.2 nzs4514:2021
- Alterations and additions$1,500
Add of wc into existing bathrm
- Fires and heating$8,800
Install f/s yunca ruby solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Fires and heating$7,600
Install f/s yunca oscar solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$9,300
Install insert yunca xander-og solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw alt to laundry layout, replace kitchen / living lintel beam & add of wc
- New homes$495k
Rbw construct 2 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Wall removed lounge / kitchen
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 1 - replace corrugate roofing to link area 3 degree roof with tpo on plywood sarking
- Garages, sheds and carports$53k
Construct gge
- Fires and heating$7,300
Install f/s yunca monte base solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Garages, sheds and carports$15k
Construct 2 bay pole shed
- Insulation$1
Schedule 1, exemption 2 install insulmax insulation
- Insulation$1
Schedule 1, exemption 2 install insulmax insulation
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Newfield?
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.