Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Peketa
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 Peketa, 14 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 12 consents we hold in Peketa, 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 Peketa’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 Peketa
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Peketa 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 Peketa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Mar 2022 to 1 Dec 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.
- Fires and heating5
typically $4,000
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $145k
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $820k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $32k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $65k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $840k3 bdrm dwg with multi cladding & attached gge 36 Elms Road
- $260kAdd of two bedrooms & an ensuite 10 Bullens Road
12 consents
- Alterations and additions$260k
Add of two bedrooms & an ensuite
- New homes$840k
3 bdrm dwg with multi cladding & attached gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
New 3 bay pole shed designed to il1 to be used for vehicle storage new non structural concrete floor to enclosed bay on the end stormwater to be discharged to new soak pit
- New homes$800k
New 5 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge, mixed cladding type & free standing fire
- Fires and heating$4,500
Freestanding masport r1200 woodfire on new steel hearth on concrete floor
- Fires and heating$4,000
Freestanding fire install of a woodsman serene with a wetback connection. Will be hooking onto an existing wetback connection
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$4,000
Installing a cadet toilet with a 900x900 sapphire shower & a washing machine in the store room of the property.
- Fires and heating$5,769
Remove existing fire & flue. Install new fire & flue (maxen kinmont 450-p).
- Alterations and additions$30k
Installation of an austin bluewater abs2000 treatment system with effluent field. This has been designed by james hopkins.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$60k
Internal alterations, new kitchen, bdrm, toilet. External windows & doors altered.
- Fires and heating$3,870
Install a new woodman serene wood box solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$3,500
New fire install - metro wee rad
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Peketa?
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.