Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaikōura
42 new homes were consented in the Kaikoura District council area in the year to September 2026, up 20% on the year before. They also consented $9.7m of non-residential building work, up 221% on the year before. Below: 491 consents we hold in Kaikōura, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kaikoura District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kaikoura 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 63 in 2005.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Kaikoura 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.
- Hotels and motels$5.1m
3 buildings · 1,054 m² new floor area · $4,269/m² new · +220% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$1.9m
1 building · 286 m² new floor area · $175/m² new · +4122% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.2m
13 buildings · 1,756 m² new floor area · $710/m² new · +303% on the year before
- Offices$675k
+699% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$563k
2 buildings · 391 m² new floor area · $1,440/m² new · +493% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$168k
−63% on the year before
Consents on record in Kaikōura
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 491 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 heating95
19 in the last 12 months · typically $4,500
- Alterations and additions93
20 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- New homes75
22 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Garages, sheds and carports40
6 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater14
typically $16k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs13
3 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Multiple homes4
typically $1m
- Relocated buildings3
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1m2 storey dwg with attached gge 1A Wakatu Quay, Kaikōura
- $900k2 storey res dwg with attached gge on ground floor & 4 bedrooms on upper floor. Including retaining wall. 44 Ocean Ridge Drive, Kaikoura Flat
- $840k3 bdrm dwg with multi cladding & attached gge 36 Elms Road, Peketa
- $820kSingle storey detached dwg with 3 main bedrooms & another in an attached visitor accommodation (total 4 bedrooms) 40 Ocean Ridge Drive, Kaikoura Flat
- $721kNew 3 bdrm dwg, open plan kichen dining & living w/ separate media room. Mixed cladding type w/ free standing fire 77 South Bay Parade, South Bay
491 consents
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install a woodsman Brunner mk11 freestanding fireplace
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Construction of a 120m2 shed
- Alterations and additions$1
Durability of building material from consent 100698 (2125) to be applied from 20.10.2016 the practical completion date of the building work
- New homes$100k
Construction of single storey one-bdrm small home
- Garages, sheds and carports$61k
Construction of detached gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman serene woodbox freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$100k
Extension to existing dwg to crate a new media room
- Alterations and additions$50k
Proposed extension to existing dwg, including new exterior joinery, reuse of existing exterior joinery, & installation of new wirelessly interconnected smoke alarms throughout the dwg.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Supply & install solid fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Two bay pole shed, one cladding type - corrugated iron
- Fires and heating$7,500
Replace existing freestanding solid fuel heater with a masport Wanaka on existing floor protector
- Alterations and additions$6,500
Alt to dwg - installation of a champion ena plus, freestanding dry pellet burner cac 182875
- New homes$200k
New yard built dwg new yard built res dwg - revolution Manakau accessible house #65 - 2 bedrooms, 1 bathrm, gable roof
- Alterations and additions$2,000
R1 - minor works - wpm to new tiled shower replacing shower over bath.
- New homes$900k
2 storey res dwg with attached gge on ground floor & 4 bedrooms on upper floor. Including retaining wall.
- Alterations and additions$40k
Renovation to change a north & east facing window from the existing kitchen, to increase size relocation of existing kitchen into the existing living
- New homes$820k
Single storey detached dwg with 3 main bedrooms & another in an attached visitor accommodation (total 4 bedrooms)
- Fires and heating$4,500
Freestanding maxen kinmont 350 fire & 4.2m flue with heat shield on new steel hearth.
- New homes$600k
3 bdrm dwg attached dbl gge mixed cladding type
- Alterations and additions$6,674
Removing current fire & putting new fire in in same spot, no change to building structure & using existing roof pentraction, new pan flashing & new metal fire heath to be put down ontop of tile/concrete heath
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Engineer design & inspection of the gge foundation wall
- New homes$500k
New two unit res dwg, 2 bdrm per unit
- New homes$400k
3 bdrm 2 bathrm dwg on timber sub-floor with solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$30k
Currently surface water crosses the property in high rainfall events & erodes the steep bank in front of the house. The proposed work will see construction of a new cantilevered timber pole retaining wall to stabilise the bank
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$15k
Extension of outdoor deck
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Suburbs in Kaikōura
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaikōura?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 42 new homes consented in the Kaikoura District council area, with $18.5m of residential and $9.7m 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.