Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōmāpere
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 Ōmāpere, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 371 consents we hold in Ōmāpere, 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 Ōmāpere’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 Ōmāpere
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ōmāpere sits in (Waipoua Forest) — 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 Ōmāpere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 371 from 8 Feb 1993 to 29 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 additions11
4 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Fires and heating7
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Commercial alterations7
1 in the last 12 months
- New homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $400k
- Relocated buildings5
1 in the last 12 months
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $19k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $50k
- Retaining walls1
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $70k
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
- $35kErect gge 21 Martin Road
- $7,500Install of a woodsman kanuku free s 67C Kokohuia Road
- $5,000Install of a metro wee rad ped ca w 8067 State Highway 12
- $3,000Replace existing woodburner 101 Kokohuia Road
371 consents
- Alterations and additions
Enclose existing recess to create an ensuite for the existing second bedroom
- Alterations and additions
Adding 70m2 detached entertainment room 10m away from existing house
- Relocated buildings
Foundations for relocatable dwelling and installation of onsite wastewater system
- Fires and heating
Install a new Masport Kaituna Rural - Woodstacker Base woodfire and flue system onto a flat steel corner floor hearth (1180 x 1180mm), roof cladding corrugated iron and pitch of 23 deg, seismic restraints on fireplace
- Alterations and additions
Internally, some of the living spaces are reconfigured, each bedroom layout is to include a new en suite and a new guest
- New homes
New 2 Bedroom 1 Bathroom with deck on timber floor with solid fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$35k
Erect gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Replace existing woodburner
- Alterations and additions
Amendment: Change from cedar vertical shiplap to timber bevel back weatherboards. Window in mudroom changed to a door
- Fires and heating
Install a Metro LTD Mega Rad Leg Free-Standing Wood Burner, Dektite, Tray flashing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install of a metro wee rad ped ca w
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install of a woodsman kanuku free s
- Commercial alterations
Pr timber framed two storey recreation studio building with monopitch roof. Workshop attached to eastern site with lean to monopitch roof. Timber pole & steel girt construction to walls. Vertical shiplap cladding & ceritcal corrugate coloursteel wall cladding. Large decks to lower & upper floor with glass balustrades
- New homes$1.1m
Dwg with wetback fireplace &
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$70k
New sleepout & deck
- Commercial alterations
PIM Only: Detached Workshop/Garage & Recreation Studio
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Foundations & drainage for factor
- Garages, sheds and carports
New Shed
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Infrastructure consent for the new waste water system and drainage for the existing dwelling as well as the 4 brand new dwellings going to site.
- Relocated buildings
BCT - Rob dwelling (H4) - Consent amendment to add in site works to original consent - newly Factory built dwelling being relocated to site, where foundations, decks and connection to onsite services will be carried out as well as construction of a carport
- Relocated buildings
BCT - Steve dwelling (House 2) - Consent amendment to add in site works to original consent - newly Factory built dwelling being relocated to site, where foundations, decks and connection to onsite services will be carried out as well as the construction of a carport
- Garages, sheds and carports
Construct a Versatile 600 Series Garage
- Commercial alterations
BCT - Ngaire dwelling (H3) - Prefabricated dwelling Constructed in Advance Build Factory in Waipapa and transported to site once we have applied for amendment when all the site information has been received
- Commercial alterations
BCT - Rob dwelling (H4) - Prefabricated dwelling Constructed in Advance Build Factory in Waipapa and transported to site once we have applied for amendment when all the site information has been received.
- Commercial alterations
BCT - Steve dwelling (H2) - Prefabricated dwelling Constructed in Advance Build Factory in Waipapa and transported to site once we have applied for amendment when all the site information has been received
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōmāpere?
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.