Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaitaia
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. Below: 5,048 consents we hold in Kaitaia, 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.
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.
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 Kaitaia
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 5,048 from 26 Jan 1993 to 6 Nov 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.
- Alterations and additions277
49 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Fires and heating114
12 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes63
18 in the last 12 months · typically $400k
- Relocated buildings57
16 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Garages, sheds and carports50
12 in the last 12 months · typically $84k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater42
9 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Commercial alterations41
9 in the last 12 months · typically $490k
- Multiple homes21
7 in the last 12 months · typically $640k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening18
7 in the last 12 months
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs15
4 in the last 12 months · typically $73k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.2mRbw - proposed 6 two-storey dwgs, lot 1 & 2 with 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 separate toilet, kitchen, living, dining, laundry with internal access single gge on each lot, lot 4 & 5 with 40 Church Road, Kaitaia
- $1.4mRbw - three x two-storey detached dwgs: lot 1, 2 & 3 with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, living, dining, kitchen, lounge, gge; private drainage, retaining walls 4 Wells Road, Kaitaia
- $1.1mRbw - proposed 4 bdrm, two storey split level res dwg with dbl gge, 2.5 bathrooms, additional living room. Includes private drainage, underground stormwater tank & retaining WA 100 Takahe Road, Ahipara
- $960kTwo single level dwgs with attached garages 26 Grigg Street, Kaitaia
- $780kRbw - four bdrm one storey res dwg including bathrooms, laundry open living. 31 Lake Road, Kaitaia
5,048 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Versatile farm Building with ablutions/Waste water and storm water report
- Relocated buildings
Proposed Relocated dwelling with new foundation as per engineers drawings
- Alterations and additions
Revised taper plan and relocated outlet, eaves detail R29, link bridge re clad in JH Linea, second floor fire wall details added for clarification.
- Alterations and additions
Sixth of Nine Dwellings: 3-bedroom dwelling with gable end roof
- Alterations and additions
Seventh of Nine: 3-bedroom dwelling with gable end roof
- Alterations and additions
Fifth of Nine: 3-bedroom dwelling with mono pitch roof
- Alterations and additions
Fourth of Nine: 3-bedroom dwelling with mono pitch roof
- Alterations and additions
4-bedroom dwelling with Mono Pitch roof
- Alterations and additions
Amend EBC-2027-22/0 from High to Very High wind: update site wind note, elevation E2 risk matrices and bracing sheet 11. N1 and P1 upgraded to DP2-2 with 12 kN end hold-downs. Revised drawings and bracing calculations attached; slab confirmation by Vert-X
- Relocated buildings
New timber pile foundations and council connections for relocated dwelling.
- Alterations and additions
3-bedroom dwelling with gable end roof
- Alterations and additions
Proposed Alteration/Addition of Existing Dwelling
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Septic Tank and Drainage Field - TP58
- Garages, sheds and carports
2 bedroom dwelling with playroom, covered deck and attached garage, onsite wasterwater disposal system and stormwater system. Metro WeeRad Leg Fireplace.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts
To delete the previously proposed alterations to the existing dwelling bathroom. The existing dwelling bathroom is to remain. The new bathroom within the garage/sleepout remains.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Installation of on-site wastewater.
- Alterations and additions
Proposed 3 Bedroom dwelling on Ribraft slab with Mitek trusses and onsite wastewater design (TP58) and Stormwater report (TP10)
- Alterations and additions
Axon panels replaced with Oblique weatherboards southern and eastern elevation,Corrugated cladding changes. Cladding penetration details – hose tap and access panel. Concrete nib clarafications. Structural site reports - current
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Proposed relocable dwelling with new foundtion and New onsite wastewater (TP58) and New Storm Water (TP10)
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts
Construction of a new 1 Bedroom Minor Dwelling
- Alterations and additions
3-bedroom dwelling with mono pitch roof
- Alterations and additions
Existing Rimu Care Wing to be replaced with a new wing comprising 35 bedrooms (30-bedrooms in this new wing construction), 2 lounges with kitchenettes, 6 bathrooms, 2 WCs, 1 night sluice room, 1 meeting room and 1 staff room - Proposed Lot 3
- Commercial alterations
Proposed Stage 2 alterations and additions to the existing Marae, including a new engineered foundation system, a new accessible bathroom, a new kitchen and wharekai area, and a new office area
- New commercial buildings
Construction of New Internal Partition within an existing teaching space to form a Learning Support Coordinator (LSC) Office of approximately 3.7m x 3.3m, along with associated external joinery alterations.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Use of building is a house construction yard. Stormwater plan changed
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Kaitaia
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaitaia?
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.