Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaiwaka
124 new homes were consented in the Kaipara District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $40.8m of non-residential building work, up 45% on the year before. Below: 199 consents we hold in Kaiwaka, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kaipara District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kaipara 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 267 in 2016.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Kaipara 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.
- Hospitals and health$11.9m
2 buildings · 1,200 m² new floor area · $9,583/m² new
- Education$10.9m
6 buildings · 1,315 m² new floor area · $5,798/m² new · +514% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$7m
1 building · 172 m² new floor area · $3,285/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.8m
29 buildings · 18,488 m² new floor area · $312/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
+26% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
1 building · 94 m² new floor area · $15,957/m² new · −81% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$746k
−74% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$350k
2 buildings · 155 m² new floor area · $1,935/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Offices$130k
−95% on the year before
Consents on record in Kaiwaka
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 199 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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.
- Fires and heating32
7 in the last 12 months · typically $6,126
- Relocated buildings23
5 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Alterations and additions23
3 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- New homes19
1 in the last 12 months · typically $521k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater11
3 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Pools and spas8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Garages, sheds and carports8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $29k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
typically $55k
- Commercial alterations3
typically $90k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $268k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $500kAdditions & alterations to existing house. Install escea tfs650 wood burner. Onsite ww. 607 Valley Road, Kaiwaka
- $400kNew two bdrm dwg with mezzanine, masport Akaroa woodburner & attached gge. Onsite ww 38 Lara Lane, Kaiwaka
- $150kRelocatable 2 bdrm dwg with attached covered deck. 6 Settlement Road, Kaiwaka
- $99kNew pool with infinity edge & moat around three sides 274 Staniforth Road, Kaiwaka
- $90kNew relocated dwg - foundations & services. Onsite ww 10 Barnfield Road, Kaiwaka
199 consents
- Alterations and additions$15k
Small hall to connect the living room with the bdrm
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$80k
Alterations & additions to existing residence. Onsite ww.
- Pools and spas$60k
11x4m pool & pool fencing.
- Garages, sheds and carports$28k
Install sanitary fixtures in existing non-habitable 29m2 shed built as per schedule 1 exempt works of the building act. Includes new onsite ww.
- Fires and heating$6,300
Install new metro wee rad woodfire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$40k
Install new septic tank
- Alterations and additions$500k
Additions & alterations to existing house. Install escea tfs650 wood burner. Onsite ww.
- Relocated buildings$80k
2nd hand relocated three bdrm dwg (reconfigured workroom to add mbr with ensuite) & deck. Onsite ww
- Fires and heating$6,252
Install new fire & flue (woodsman kanaku wood box)
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free-standing masport osburn solid fuel heater with wetback
- Pools and spas$99k
New pool with infinity edge & moat around three sides
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocated second hand 2-bdrm dwg - foundations, services & onsite water water
- New homes$400k
New two bdrm dwg with mezzanine, masport Akaroa woodburner & attached gge. Onsite ww
- Relocated buildings$150k
Relocatable 2 bdrm dwg with attached covered deck.
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install jayline bosca limit 380 freestanding wood fire with 150mm flue kit.
- Relocated buildings$90k
New relocated dwg - foundations & services. Onsite ww
- Relocated buildings$90k
Relocated 2nd hand 3 bdrm dwg, foundation & new decks. Onsite ww
- Fires and heating$10k
Install replacement inbuilt metro mega smart
- Fires and heating$7,000
Fireplace replacement - wagener butler multi wet 6kw
- Fires and heating$15k
Replacing an existing woodburner with stanley errigal solid fuel 47k wood stove/cooker with existing wetback (for hot water heating & cooking)
- Alterations and additions$25k
Rbw - renovation to main dwg. No increase to impervious coverage, no site plan. Bracing covered by sed. Less than 12m2 cladding change. No change to thermal envelope. Minor joinery alteratio
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$9,800
Onsite private ww disposal system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$250k
Additions to existing house. Onsite ww -add of ensuite & wir
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
New laundry & deck extension
- Relocated buildings$73k
New relocatable four bdrm dwg. Onsite ww
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Suburbs in Kaiwaka
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaiwaka?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 124 new homes consented in the Kaipara District council area, with $95.9m of residential and $40.8m 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.