Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ahipara
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. In Ahipara itself, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1,002 consents we hold in Ahipara, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ahipara’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Ahipara
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 2 statistical areas that make up most of it: Ahipara, Tangonge. In the year to September 2026: 11 houses, 0 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 — 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 Ahipara
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1,002 from 17 May 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 additions41
9 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- New homes24
9 in the last 12 months · typically $480k
- Relocated buildings20
9 in the last 12 months · typically $110k
- Fires and heating17
1 in the last 12 months · typically $3,950
- Garages, sheds and carports15
4 in the last 12 months · typically $134k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater13
2 in the last 12 months
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Retaining walls4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Commercial alterations4
- Other new buildings2
1 in the last 12 months
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.1mRbw - 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
- $540k4 bdrm dwg with multiple cl 2 Highfields
- $521kRbw construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 2, 15 moa St) 17 Moa Street
- $420k3-bdrm dwg with multiple claddings & single detached dwgs 9 Kotare Street
- $385kRbw construct 3 bdrm dwg (proposed 76 kakapo St, lot 1 rma/2024/48) 76 Kakapo Street
1,002 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
- Relocated buildings
New timber pile foundations and council connections for relocated dwelling.
- Alterations and additions
Proposed Alteration/Addition of Existing Dwelling
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts
Construction of a new 1 Bedroom Minor Dwelling
- Relocated buildings
Internal & external alterations to existing relocated building
- Relocated buildings
New foundations for Relocated dwelling with 3 bedrooms,1 bathroom.
- Alterations and additions
3-bedroom dwelling with multiple cladding types and a hip roof
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$5,000
Amendment 1 - add of driveway retaining walls, extension of deck, change to drainage.
- Garages, sheds and carports
3 bedroom, 2 bathroom dwelling with attached garage, two-story typology, split-levels to suit colour. Low pitch roof, walls clad in corrugated metal cladding and vertical shiplap weatherboards in dark colours
- Relocated buildings
Proposed relocated dwelling with new foundation, New onsite wastewater and New internal alterations.
- New homes
Proposed new dwelling with engineered slab, Mitek trusses and Trimline cladding Install Free-standing Fireplace
- Retaining walls$20k
Build 2 retaining walls, the first
- Alterations and additions
Four bedroom dwelling with two bathrooms, one
- Alterations and additions$90k
Constructing site access for vehicles
- Garages, sheds and carports
Construct a 600 series Versatile Garage & Onsite Wastewater
- New homes$420k
3-bdrm dwg with multiple claddings & single detached dwgs
- Alterations and additions$100k
Eq: alt to dwg - foundation re-levelling
- New homes$385k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg (proposed 76 kakapo St, lot 1 rma/2024/48)
- New homes$385k
Rbw construct 3 bdrm dwg (proposed 78 kakapo St, lot 2 rma/2024/48)
- New homes$521k
Rbw construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge (proposed lot 2, 15 moa St)
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$115k
Proposed new membrane deck extension
- Alterations and additions$325k
Proposed extension to an existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment to bco10349815 - rbw - pbc e2e: ceiling of the lower level room is to be raised from 2015mm to 2100mm min to comply with minimum habitable space ceiling height for existing buildings as per
- Relocated buildings
Foundations and Services for Newly Constructed Relocated Building
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ahipara?
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.