Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kawhia
16 new homes were consented in the Ōtorohanga District council area in the year to September 2026, down 50% on the year before. They also consented $37.5m of non-residential building work, up 417% on the year before. Below: 63 consents we hold in Kawhia, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Ōtorohanga District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Ōtorohanga 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 74 in 2006.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Ōtorohanga 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.
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.3m
9 buildings · 3,300 m² new floor area · $6,345/m² new · +21174% on the year before
- Farm buildings$7.5m
27 buildings · 15,387 m² new floor area · $428/m² new · +117% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1.3m
1 building · 478 m² new floor area · $2,500/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
+103% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.1m
3 buildings · 1,002 m² new floor area · $1,091/m² new · +8427% on the year before
- Offices$730k
1 building · 166 m² new floor area · $4,217/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$240k
1 building · 29 m² new floor area · $6,897/m² new · +380% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$209k
+450% on the year before
Consents on record in Kawhia
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 63 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jun 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
1 in the last 12 months · typically $175k
- Fires and heating7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $130k
- New homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $440k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $70k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $20k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $40k
- Retaining walls1
typically $30k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $295k
- Demolition1
typically $135k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.3mNew dwg - with solid fuel heater 2.0 housing: 73 Te Wetini Roore Place, Kawhia
- $450kNew colorsteel boat shed. Outbuilding 148 Retemeyer Road, Kawhia
- $35kAdd & alterations to existing decks, add of roof 410 Morrison Road, Kawhia
- $7,000Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers detached dwg 368 Rosamond Terrace, Kawhia
63 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$450k
New colorsteel boat shed. Outbuilding
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$35k
Add & alterations to existing decks, add of roof
- New homes$1.3m
New dwg - with solid fuel heater 2.0 housing:
- Alterations and additions$387k
Construction of a new single level 2-bdrm timber framed detached dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
On-site wastewater management system: secondary treatment detached dwg
- New homes$440k
Two bdrm res house, with septic system & water detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$480k
Proposed add/alt to existing split storey detached dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Supply & install wood burner detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$95k
New colorsteel gge. Outbuilding
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
proposed drainage & piling of transportable building
- Relocated buildings$50k
Relocated cottage detached dwg
- Demolition$135k
Demolish & rebuild 2 bdrm sleepout with toilet & detached dwg
- Fires and heating$2,500
Installation of new solid fuel heater detached dwg
- Relocated buildings$70k
New relocated dwg with new timber pile foundations & detached dwg
- New homes$175k
Transportable dwg shifted onto site - foundations & detached dwg
- Relocated buildings$120k
Relocation of new transportable building built offsite under detached dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Construction of a new deck detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$350k
To build existing dwg on top of an existing block detached dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$295k
Alterations & additions: reroof, reclad, add of lift, detached dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a solid fuel heater as per manufacturers detached dwg
- Fires and heating$9,200
Install wagener cooktop rural wood burner with triumph 250l detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a metro wee rad base solid fuel fire detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Versatile shed outbuilding
- Alterations and additions$50k
Transportable four bdrm dwg foundations & services detached dwg
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Suburbs in Kawhia
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kawhia?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 16 new homes consented in the Ōtorohanga District council area, with $16.7m of residential and $37.5m 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.