Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Lake Hāwea
1,981 new homes were consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $237m of non-residential building work, up 91% on the year before. Below: 2,733 consents we hold in Lake Hāwea, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Queenstown-Lakes District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Queenstown-Lakes 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 1,729 in 2025.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Queenstown-Lakes 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.
- Hotels and motels$82.4m
8 buildings · 13,675 m² new floor area · $5,115/m² new · +88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$57.1m
15 buildings · 14,795 m² new floor area · $3,258/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$25.9m
7 buildings · 3,497 m² new floor area · $6,822/m² new · +268% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.8m
3 buildings · 6,050 m² new floor area · $4,264/m² new
- Offices$20.7m
6 buildings · 2,766 m² new floor area · $5,998/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Education$12m
5 buildings · 2,611 m² new floor area · $4,475/m² new · +391% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.2m
5 buildings · 1,617 m² new floor area · $3,348/m² new · +310% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.3m
3 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $2,430/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Farm buildings$892k
3 buildings · 591 m² new floor area · $1,509/m² new · −75% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$800k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Lake Hāwea
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 2,733 from 19 Sep 2014 to 28 Sep 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.
- New homes437
67 in the last 12 months · typically $462k
- Alterations and additions93
21 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Garages, sheds and carports73
11 in the last 12 months · typically $277k
- Fires and heating67
15 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts26
6 in the last 12 months · typically $158k
- Relocated buildings20
1 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Commercial alterations7
typically $260k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Pools and spas5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- New commercial buildings4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.6m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mConstruction of new church building - Upper Clutha Presbyterian Church 186 Burdon Loop, Lake Hāwea
- $1.3mAlterations to existing 2 bdrm cottage & extension of 2 storey wing. 16 Capell Avenue, Lake Hāwea
- $1.2mConstruction & associated earthworks for a single level dwg 94 Watkins Road, Hāwea Flat
- $1mConstruction of a single storey multi-unit dwg with attached gge. 13 Dingle Street, Lake Hāwea
- $1mNew 4 bdrm res dwg with attached dbl gge 24 Lachlan Avenue, Hāwea Flat
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Suburbs in Lake Hāwea
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Lake Hāwea?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 1,981 new homes consented in the Queenstown-Lakes District council area, with $1.22b of residential and $237m 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.