Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Herekino
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 the statistical area around Herekino, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 109 consents we hold in Herekino, 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 Herekino’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 Herekino
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Herekino sits in (Herekino-Takahue) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 Herekino
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 109 from 30 Sep 1993 to 3 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 additions8
8 in the last 12 months
- Fires and heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $9,500
- Commercial alterations5
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- New homes1
typically $535k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $45kSiting of relocated building & se 74B Diggers Valley Road
- $9,500Install of a metro xtreme rad leg f 1029A Diggers Valley Road
109 consents
- 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
3-bedroom dwelling with gable end roof
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Proposed relocable dwelling with new foundtion and New onsite wastewater (TP58) and New Storm Water (TP10)
- Alterations and additions
3-bedroom dwelling with mono pitch roof
- Fires and heating$9,500
Install of a metro xtreme rad leg f
- Relocated buildings$45k
Siting of relocated building & se
- Alterations and additions
Revised Foundation Design Of Admin Block To Include Timber Pile Foundations
- Commercial alterations
Demolition of existing playground and admin & classroom block. New construction of replacement admin & teaching block and 2 x new teaching spaces with kitchen and WC’s
- New homes$535k
Detached dwg install onsite wastewater.
- Fires and heating
Install of a Metro Wee Rad Leg Free-Standing Wood Burner, Flue and Pan Flashing
- Commercial alterations
Additions and Alterations – New Kitchen in Marae, Changes to Fire Compliance, Fire systems & New Deck with Ramp
- Commercial alterations
This consent involves: •Demolition of existing playground and admin&classroom block. •Construction of new replacement admin & teaching block. 2 x new teaching spaces with associated break out, resource rooms, kitchen and WC’s •Associated site work
- Commercial alterations
Proposed caretakers shed at Herekino School
- Fires and heating
Install Jayline FR300 Clean air Free-Standing Wood Burner
- Fires and heating
Install of a Nectre Big Bakers Oven Free-Standing Wood Burner (acreage exempt) with Wetback,Flue and Pan Flashing
- Commercial alterations
Additions and Alterations to Marae
- Fires and heating
Install a Metro Wee Rad Leg Free-Standing Solid Fuel Appliance and Flue System
- Garages, sheds and carports
Detached Portal Shed
- Fires and heating
Install Wagener Cooktop on Treadle Hearth and Flue Kit
- Relocated buildings
Foundations for a Relocatable Prefabricated Dwelling – To be Joined on Site – and Install Onsite Wastewater Disposal System
- Alterations and additions
Extension and Alteration to Existing Building
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Herekino?
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.