Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rawene
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 Rawene, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 312 consents we hold in Rawene, 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 Rawene’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 Rawene
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Rawene sits in (Hokianga South) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Rawene
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 312 from 10 May 1993 to 7 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 additions13
typically $6,500
- New homes7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $550k
- Fires and heating6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Commercial alterations3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $49k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
- New commercial buildings1
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $550kNew 4 bdrm dwg with 2 living & 3 car attached gge 21 Manning Street
- $49k11.0m long x 7.0m wide gge/workshop 15-17 Campbell Street
- $40kRelocated dwg 1689 State Highway 12
- $7,500Install of a masport r3000 woodstac 10 Gundry Street
- $6,000Replacement of a fireplace 279 Classen Road
312 consents
- Commercial alterations
Renovation of relocated 32sq.m of an early 1900s Ticket Office Building to provide accessible accommodation for the Rawene Masonic Hotel.
- Relocated buildings$40k
Relocated dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports
Construct relocated shed on existing consented slab, build bathroom on concrete overpour, install water tanks with dedicated firefighting water supply
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replacement of a fireplace
- New homes$550k
New 4 bdrm dwg with 2 living & 3 car attached gge
- Commercial alterations$49k
11.0m long x 7.0m wide gge/workshop
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install of a masport r3000 woodstac
- Alterations and additions$250k
Bathrm upgrade, to replace all fittings & fixtures like for like, plus a shower to each bathrm.
- New homes$400k
New 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions
Alterations to dwelling
- New homes$550k
New 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install of a metro rad plus clean a
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Install of firenzo athena bay inser
- Alterations and additions
Additions and alterations to existing dwelling
- Alterations and additions
Alterations to dwelling
- New commercial buildings
Construct a Versatile 600 Series Garage with office block, workshop, smoko and bathroom facilities.
- Alterations and additions$67k
New dwg to be transported to site
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs
Extension over Verandah with Engineered Retaining Walls
- Commercial alterations
Block 1 - New covered deck, aluminium joinery and new door between classrooms. Block 7 - Internal refurbishment including replacing wooden joinery with aluminium
- Alterations and additions
Proposed kitchen & bathroom renewal
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Install of a free-standing wood bur
- Alterations and additions$10k
Alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating
Install Masport R3000 Ped Free-Standing Wood Burner
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Install pyroclassic free-standing w
- New homes
New Proposed Dwelling
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rawene?
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.