Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kauri
450 new homes were consented in the Whangarei District council area in the year to September 2026, up 18% on the year before. They also consented $144m of non-residential building work, up 97% on the year before. Below: 94 consents we hold in Kauri, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whangarei District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whangarei 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 964 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Whangarei 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$35m
8 buildings · 8,875 m² new floor area · $3,529/m² new · +228% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$23.8m
4 buildings · 4,165 m² new floor area · $4,778/m² new · +231% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$19m
1 building · 2,380 m² new floor area · $7,983/m² new · +4122% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$19m
6 buildings · 12,895 m² new floor area · $1,466/m² new · +59% on the year before
- Education$18.7m
9 buildings · 2,217 m² new floor area · $1,628/m² new · −26% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$12.5m
3 buildings · 592 m² new floor area · $5,380/m² new · +1291% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$6.3m
1 building · 1,165 m² new floor area · $3,863/m² new · +974% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.6m
4 buildings · 3,253 m² new floor area · $1,460/m² new · −42% on the year before
- Farm buildings$4.6m
31 buildings · 5,859 m² new floor area · $768/m² new · −24% on the year before
Consents on record in Kauri
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 94 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.
- Alterations and additions35
6 in the last 12 months · typically $5,300
- New homes16
3 in the last 12 months · typically $650k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $51k
- Fires and heating5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs5
typically $70k
- Pools and spas4
typically $14k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $55k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $37k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $130k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mNew dwg 437 Crane Road, Kauri
- $630kNew dwg 143 Apotu Road, Kauri
- $495k3-bdrm dwg 27 Homestead Grove, Kauri
- $75kAlt to existing dwg - portico extension 38 Dalkeith Drive, Kauri
- $36kNew shed 463A Apotu Road, Kauri
94 consents
- New homes$495k
3-bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$75k
Alt to existing dwg - portico extension
- Alterations and additions$7,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$4,300
New heating appliance
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a woodsman rmf soild fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$36k
New shed
- Alterations and additions$6,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$5,000
New heating appliance
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace existing yunca fire with new masport kronos
- Alterations and additions$4,000
New heating appliance
- New homes$2m
New dwg
- New homes$630k
New dwg
- New homes$265k
New minor dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport uleb freestanding logburner 24 Chesterfield place Rangiora lot 5 dp 469958
- Alterations and additions$4,015
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$20k
Amendment 1 - Pencarrow cabins
- New homes$744k
4-bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$90k
Additions to existing dwg. Bdrm & ensuite
- Garages, sheds and carports$650k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg - workshop, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, family room, heating appliances, roofing & cladding
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocation of existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$19k
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$6,000
New heating appliance
- New homes$550k
New dwg
- Pools and spas$11k
New swimming pool fence
- New homes$875k
New dwg
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Kauri
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kauri?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 450 new homes consented in the Whangarei District council area, with $283m of residential and $144m 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.