Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Oaro
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. In the statistical area around Oaro, 14 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1 consents we hold in Oaro, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Oaro’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Oaro
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Oaro sits in (Kaikōura Ranges) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 13 houses, 1 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 — 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 Oaro
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1 . 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.
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
1 consent
- Alterations and additions
Prefabricated Ablution Unit at Wharanui Railway Yard
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Oaro
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Oaro?
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.