Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōhingaiti
156 new homes were consented in the Manawatu District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $18m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ōhingaiti, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 8 consents we hold in Ōhingaiti, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Manawatu District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ōhingaiti’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Manawatu 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 260 in 2021.
New homes in Ōhingaiti
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ōhingaiti sits in (Kiwitea) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 0 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 — Manawatu 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.
- Farm buildings$7.5m
64 buildings · 17,256 m² new floor area · $418/m² new · +39% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.5m
1 building · 1,158 m² new floor area · $3,022/m² new · +463% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 532 m² new floor area · $3,853/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2m
1 building · 779 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −43% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$545k
−22% on the year before
- Offices$357k
1 building · 82 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$315k
2 buildings · 672 m² new floor area · $342/m² new · +89% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$237k
−92% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−45% on the year before
Consents on record in Ōhingaiti
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Aug 2020 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.
- Fires and heating3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.6m
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.9m
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $46k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.9mStage 2: rbw - construction of eight dbl storey multi unit dwgs lot 1-7 is with 2 br, 1.5 bath, lot 8 is 3 br. 2.5 bath. Parking spaces. 8 Alexander Street
- $1.6mRbw - stage 1 of intended 2 stages - construction of six two storey units. Three-two bed multi unit dwgs with 1.5 bathrm & parking space, one stand alone two bdrm unit 1.5 bathrm & par 8 Alexander Street
- $9,000Supply & install of new firenzo wood fire 377 Mangapapa Road
- $7,000Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg 8 Alexander Street
8 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
- Multiple homes$1.6m
Rbw - stage 1 of intended 2 stages - construction of six two storey units. Three-two bed multi unit dwgs with 1.5 bathrm & parking space, one stand alone two bdrm unit 1.5 bathrm & par
- New homes$1.9m
Stage 2: rbw - construction of eight dbl storey multi unit dwgs lot 1-7 is with 2 br, 1.5 bath, lot 8 is 3 br. 2.5 bath. Parking spaces.
- Fires and heating$9,000
Supply & install of new firenzo wood fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$46k
To build a 9m x 6m x 2.4m shed outbuildings
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new freestanding wood fire
- Fires and heating$6,300
Remove existing freestanding fire & replace with metro dwg
- Fires and heating$1,000
Install new freestanding woodsman Tarras mkii into the lounge
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōhingaiti?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 156 new homes consented in the Manawatu District council area, with $93.4m of residential and $18m 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.