Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Taheke
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 Taheke, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 130 consents we hold in Taheke, 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 Taheke’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 Taheke
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Taheke sits in (Waimā 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 Taheke
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 130 from 1 Jul 1993 to 10 Sep 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.
- Fires and heating8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $3,450
- Alterations and additions6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $15k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $300kExtension to extsting house 3232 State Highway 12
- $2,000Remove existing fireplace. Install 199 Punakitere Road
130 consents
- Fires and heating
Installation of a woodsman brunner woodfire and flue system
- Garages, sheds and carports
New mattress store, pump shed, ablution block, utllities room, storage
- Alterations and additions$300k
Extension to extsting house
- Fires and heating$2,000
Remove existing fireplace. Install
- Relocated buildings
Foundations for Relocatable Second-Hand Dwelling Construct Deck and Install On-Site Wastewater Disposal System - Proposed Lot 2
- Fires and heating
New fireplace
- Alterations and additions
Replace existing front and back decks.
- Alterations and additions
Installation of New Extract System in Kitchen
- Fires and heating
Install a Metro Smart Insert Woodburning (Clean Air ), Flue, and Chimney cover
- Alterations and additions$40k
Bathrm modification: remove wall between wc & bathrm.
- Fires and heating
Installation of Masport R3000 pedestal freestanding woodburner and standard flue kit with flue shield. Using existing tiled heart - meets clearances
- Garages, sheds and carports
New shed
- Fires and heating$4,900
Installation of new metro wee rad base Ltd woodburner. An
- Alterations and additions$25k
Res alterations
- Fires and heating
Install Metro Wee Rad Free-standing Wood Burner
- Fires and heating
Install Firenzo Kompact inbuilt wood burner
- Alterations and additions
Installation of a Biolytix BF63000 System, fed through surface laid PCDI dripline.
- Relocated buildings
Foundations for Relocated Second Hand Dwelling and On-Site waste water system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Replace failed on-site wastewater s
- Garages, sheds and carports
IL1 Unlined Portal Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports
Totalspan IL1 Shed
- Fires and heating
Freestanding Solid Fuel Heater
- Relocated buildings
Foundations For Relocatable Dwelling And Install A New On-Site Wastewater System
- Fires and heating
Install a Scandia Heat and Cook Free Standing Wood Burner and Flue System
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Replace Failing OnSite Wastewater System
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Taheke?
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.