Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaikohe
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. Below: 3,879 consents we hold in Kaikohe, 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.
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.
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 Kaikohe
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 3,879 from 7 Dec 1992 to 3 Nov 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 additions186
66 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Fires and heating122
25 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Commercial alterations80
55 in the last 12 months · typically $26k
- Relocated buildings50
22 in the last 12 months · typically $97k
- New homes50
16 in the last 12 months · typically $502k
- Garages, sheds and carports50
6 in the last 12 months · typically $36k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater35
7 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs15
1 in the last 12 months · typically $58k
- Fit-outs11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Other new buildings7
typically $395k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1mDwg with wetback fireplace & 29 Signal Station Road, Ōmāpere
- $756kConstruct new 4-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge detached dwgs 103 State Highway 1, Ōhaeawai
- $734kNew 3 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge. Detached dwgs 103 State Highway 1, Ōhaeawai
- $616kConstruct a new 4 bdrm dwg with attached dbl detached dwgs 103 State Highway 1, Ōhaeawai
- $583kConstruct new 3-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge detached dwgs 103 State Highway 1, Ōhaeawai
3,879 consents
- Fit-outs
Foundation piles, Storm Water & Wastewater disposal. Internal plumbing fit out + E3 details
- Commercial alterations
Lot 80 - 3-bedroom factory build dwelling with multiple cladding types and mono pitch roof
- Relocated buildings
New timber pile foundations and council connections for 2 bedroom relocated dwelling
- Relocated buildings
Relocate an existing dwelling, new foundations and service connections
- Alterations and additions
Enclose existing recess to create an ensuite for the existing second bedroom
- Commercial alterations
Foundation and subfloor for the 3-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Foundation and subfloor for the 3-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Foundation and subfloor for the 3-bedroom factory build dwelling.
- Commercial alterations
Foundation and subfloor for the 3-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Lot 2 - Foundation and subfloor for the 2-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Lot 4 - Foundation and subfloor for the 2-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Lot 6 - Foundation and subfloor for the 2-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Lot 1 - Foundation and subfloor for the 2-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Foundation and subfloor for the 2-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Lot 5 - 2-bedroom factory build dwelling with gable and roof
- Commercial alterations
Lot 7 - 2-bedroom factory build dwelling with gable and roof
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Installation of on-site wastewater.
- Commercial alterations
Lot 3 Road 1 at 10 Rimu Place - 2-bedroom factory build dwelling with gable and roof
- New homes
New timber pile foundations for existing house on site
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Install New Wastewater System
- Alterations and additions
Adding 70m2 detached entertainment room 10m away from existing house
- Relocated buildings
New timber pile foundations for relocated dwelling
- Commercial alterations
1-bedroom factory build dwelling with multiple cladding types and gable and roof
- Commercial alterations
5 of 24 - Foundation and subfloor for the 2-bedroom factory build dwelling
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Proposed 3-bedroom dwelling with onsite wastewater system
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Kaikohe
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaikohe?
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.