Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaiwhaiki
190 new homes were consented in the Whanganui District council area in the year to September 2026, up 40% on the year before. They also consented $72.5m of non-residential building work, down 27% on the year before. Below: 2 consents we hold in Kaiwhaiki, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whanganui District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whanganui 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 199 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Whanganui 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.
- Offices$29.5m
5 buildings · 2,618 m² new floor area · $10,680/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$14.2m
5 buildings · 1,509 m² new floor area · $4,109/m² new · +385% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6m
+761% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4m
2 buildings · 699 m² new floor area · $5,182/m² new · +44% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.9m
1 building · 540 m² new floor area · $7,070/m² new · +805% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.9m
1 building · 262 m² new floor area · $3,817/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Education$3.8m
2 buildings · 296 m² new floor area · $4,459/m² new · +215% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.2m
20 buildings · 5,128 m² new floor area · $324/m² new · −11% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,164 m² new floor area · $1,503/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$2m
1 building · 422 m² new floor area · $4,739/m² new · +4344% on the year before
Consents on record in Kaiwhaiki
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 2 from 1 Mar 2025 to 1 Mar 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.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $45k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $6,000Install metro wee rad base free standing fire in sleepout with foley industries flue kit 640 Kaiwhaiki Road, Kaiwhaiki
2 consents
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$6,000
Install metro wee rad base free standing fire in sleepout with foley industries flue kit
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Construct a 8 x 7 x 2.4 gge
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Kaiwhaiki
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaiwhaiki?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 190 new homes consented in the Whanganui District council area, with $113m of residential and $72.5m 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.