Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Putauaki
6 new homes were consented in the Kawerau District council area in the year to September 2026, up 50% on the year before. They also consented $4.2m of non-residential building work, down 4% on the year before. In the statistical area around Putauaki, 57 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 16 consents we hold in Putauaki, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kawerau District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Putauaki’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kawerau 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 22 in 2021.
New homes in Putauaki
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Putauaki sits in (Onepu Spring) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 55 houses, 2 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 — Kawerau 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.
- Warehouses and storage$1.8m
1 building · 1,494 m² new floor area · $1,205/m² new
- Factories and industrial$1.6m
2 buildings · 852 m² new floor area · $1,845/m² new
- Education$760k
+43% on the year before
- Farm buildings$50k
1 building · 103 m² new floor area · $485/m² new · +25% on the year before
Consents on record in Putauaki
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 16 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 Jan 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 heating4
typically $5,750
- Alterations and additions2
typically $29k
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $600k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $5,500
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $600kNew 2 bdrm home 46 Lambert Road
16 consents
- New homes$600k
New 2 bdrm home
- Alterations and additions$54k
Internal alterations & vinyl wet area shower
- Fires and heating$7,200
installation of solid wood burner (masport Rangitata)
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro xtreme rad woody freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Temporary structure to be erected for 3 days to be used for food preparation & serving.
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Re instate downstairs room from gge to kitchen areas to accommodate retired parents. Install new
- Commercial alterations$5,500
To add a bathrm & laundry sink at the existing workshop.
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Alt to convert bdrm to ensuite & second lounge to bdrm
- New homes$192k
New dwg with attached gge & carport. Ons
- Garages, sheds and carports$7,000
Build a kiwispan gge
- Pools and spas$7,500
Construct pool boundary fencing for a swimming pool
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replacement of freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$240k
Extension of existing residence
- Commercial alterations$180k
*demolish existing carport build a new office & workshop in same location
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Putauaki
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Putauaki?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 6 new homes consented in the Kawerau District council area, with $3.2m of residential and $4.2m 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.