Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Kaikōura
Councils consented $9.7m of non-residential building work in the Kaikoura District council area in the year to September 2026, up 221% on the year before. Below: 3 commercial 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Kaikōura
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 3 from 1 Sep 2020 to 1 Mar 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.
- Commercial alterations2
typically $163k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
3 consents
- Commercial alterations$5,500
Freestanding masport osburn 1600 wetback fire on tiled hearth. Factory flue. Existing solar tempering valve on open vented low pressure hot water system/cylinder.
- Commercial alterations$320k
New gge & workshop containing bathrm & washup area - note - this building is not proposed for habitable use
- Commercial alterations$40k
Renovations to convert the existing attached gge/workshop into a habitable space, including a new kitchen & bathrm
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
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.