Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Awarua
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 Awarua itself, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 76 consents we hold in Awarua, 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 Awarua’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 Awarua
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Mataraua Forest. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 Awarua
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 76 from 26 Mar 1993 to 22 Oct 2025. 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.
- Garages, sheds and carports2
- Fires and heating2
- Alterations and additions1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
76 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports
Conversion of existing garage area into a bedroom, extension to existing living room, new deck and deck awning “and relocation of laundry into existing garage and renewed effluent field”.
- Garages, sheds and carports
Pole Shed
- Fires and heating
Installation of Free-Standing Wood Burner (Clean Air), flue kit and roof flashing
- Fires and heating
Install of a Masport R3000 Leg Free-Standing Wood Burner (Rural), Flue and Pan Flashing
- Alterations and additions
Animal Shelter Building
- Fires and heating
Install a Kent Rata Inbuilt Fire
- Fires and heating
Install Metro LTD Wee Rad Solid Fuel Burner
- Fires and heating
Install a Masport R5000 Leg Free Standing Wood Burner and Flue System
- Fires and heating
Install a New Masport R1500 Free Standing Wood Burner and Flue System
- Fires and heating
Install a Metro Eco Tiny Rad Free Standing Wood Burner and SFP Flue System
- Other new buildings
Construction of a Versatile Stand Tough Lean To
- Fires and heating
Remove Existing Woodburner, Wetback and HWC and Install a New Masport R1500 Freestanding Woodburner, Wetback, HWC and Flue System
- Fires and heating
Install R1500 Freestanding Fireplace
- Relocated buildings
Foundations for Relocatable Dwelling with Onsite Effluent Disposal
- Garages, sheds and carports
Rebuild fire damaged dwelling and add carport
- Alterations and additions
Changing bridge beam components
- Other new buildings
Construct new access Bridge
- Alterations and additions
Versatile Farm Building
- Other new buildings
New Domestic Farm Building
- New homes
New 3 Bedroom Dwelling with Attached Garage and On-Site Effluent System
- Fires and heating
Freestanding Fireplace
- Garages, sheds and carports
5 Bay Farm Shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Install an additional septic tank in series with the existing unit.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Failed existing ETS Beds. Installation of septic system.
- Relocated buildings
RELOCATED DWELLING
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Near Awarua
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Awarua?
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.