Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Matauri Bay
314 new homes were consented in the Far North District council area in the year to September 2026, up 38% on the year before. They also consented $60.7m of non-residential building work, about level with the year before. In the statistical area around Matauri Bay, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 193 consents we hold in Matauri Bay, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Far North District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Matauri Bay’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Far North 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 541 in 2004.
New homes in Matauri Bay
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Matauri Bay sits in (Whakarara) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 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 — Far North 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.
- Education$11.9m
3 buildings · 471 m² new floor area · $4,246/m² new · −13% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$10.7m
4 buildings · 1,584 m² new floor area · $4,962/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$9m
7 buildings · 1,458 m² new floor area · $3,575/m² new · −28% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7m
8 buildings · 3,705 m² new floor area · $1,421/m² new · −31% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$5.4m
2 buildings · 674 m² new floor area · $6,306/m² new · +1368% on the year before
- Offices$5m
2 buildings · 1,427 m² new floor area · $1,367/m² new · +111% on the year before
- Farm buildings$4.6m
31 buildings · 6,328 m² new floor area · $645/m² new · +40% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.2m
6 buildings · 2,980 m² new floor area · $1,418/m² new · +227% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.9m
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −65% on the year before
Consents on record in Matauri Bay
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 193 from 21 Apr 1993 to 27 Oct 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 additions9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Fires and heating5
typically $3,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
typically $13k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $35k
- Relocated buildings3
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months
- New homes1
- Other new buildings1
- Commercial alterations1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
193 consents
- Pools and spas
Built a fence around the SPA building perimeter including all necessary posts, fixings, gates, and associated hardware, in accordance with NZBC G9
- Alterations and additions
Amendment to remove exterior door and window and replace with ranchslider and remove a non load bearing internal wall
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Installation of on-site wastewater.
- Fires and heating
New fireplace
- Alterations and additions$40k
Foundations for relocatable second-
- Garages, sheds and carports
Construct 600 series versatile garage
- Relocated buildings
Amendment for Factory Built House. Foundation for relocatable dwelling and new OSD. Connection to services.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$13k
Install onsite wastewater system
- Relocated buildings
2x Foundations for relocatable dwelling (A2 and A3)
- Alterations and additions
PIM ONLY - Construct irrigation dam
- Alterations and additions
Update to Foundation Design to Include Bracing Detail.
- Alterations and additions
Removal of 2 buildings from Consent
- New homes
New Dwelling with attached Garage
- Commercial alterations
Temporary marae accommodation – x4 units with new onsite wastewater system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Upgrade of Onsite wastewater system - a Econotreat VBB-C-2200 System, fed through surface laid PCDI dripline
- Alterations and additions
Swapping locations of x2 dwellings
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Foundations for transportable dwelling, with on-site wastewater and stormwater
- Relocated buildings
8 x Foundations for relocatable dwellings
- Other new buildings
New Pavillion with facilities and Detached boatshed
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install masport free-standing wood
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Onsite Wastewater system utilising an Ecotrench (not a typical solution from NZS 1547)
- Fires and heating
Install a Masport R1200 Free-Standing Wood Burner and Flue System
- Garages, sheds and carports
Dwelling and boat shed
- Alterations and additions
Dwelling
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Versatile dbl gge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Matauri Bay?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 314 new homes consented in the Far North District council area, with $164m of residential and $60.7m 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.