Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Hokio Beach
185 new homes were consented in the Horowhenua District council area in the year to September 2026, down 22% on the year before. They also consented $21.6m of non-residential building work, up 28% on the year before. In the statistical area around Hokio Beach, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 40 consents we hold in Hokio Beach, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Horowhenua District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Hokio Beach’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Horowhenua 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 363 in 2021.
New homes in Hokio Beach
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Hokio Beach sits in (Waikawa (Horowhenua District)) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — Horowhenua 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$9.2m
2 buildings · 2,215 m² new floor area · $4,063/m² new · +713% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.6m
1 building · 70 m² new floor area · $2,857/m² new · +67% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.5m
1 building · 420 m² new floor area · $4,762/m² new · +234% on the year before
- Education$2.9m
1 building · 49 m² new floor area · $1,020/m² new · +91% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.3m
14 buildings · 2,420 m² new floor area · $531/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Offices$902k
1 building · 207 m² new floor area · $1,643/m² new · −32% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$245k
−96% on the year before
Consents on record in Hokio Beach
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 40 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating12
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,650
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $93k
- New homes3
typically $280k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $60k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $107k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $175k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $50k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $130k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $350k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $170kRes additions & alterations new ensuiteto be installed in existing alcove under roof. Living area to be extended into the internal patio alfresco area. New front door to be created & steel beams installed to take exisiting structure 97 Hokio Sand Road
- $19kRes additions & alterations install wastewater treatment plant & drip line land application area 46 Painua Road
- $7,500Fireplace freestanding 6 Kemp Street
- $6,300Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro wee rad base freestanding wood burner to replace existing 1 Tawhiti Street
- $6,000Fireplace freestanding install new metro tiny rad with standard flue kit, hearth, dek tigh & pan flashing 29 Tuiti Street
40 consents
- Alterations and additions$170k
Res additions & alterations new ensuiteto be installed in existing alcove under roof. Living area to be extended into the internal patio alfresco area. New front door to be created & steel beams installed to take exisiting structure
- Fires and heating$6,000
Fireplace freestanding install new metro tiny rad with standard flue kit, hearth, dek tigh & pan flashing
- Fires and heating$6,300
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro wee rad base freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Res additions & alterations install wastewater treatment plant & drip line land application area
- Fires and heating$7,500
Fireplace freestanding
- Fires and heating$5,400
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new metro wee rad base freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Fireplace freestanding to supply & install a new maxen kinmont 350 pedestal freestanding wood burner to replace existing
- New homes$320k
New res dwg 3 bedrooms dwg with single cladding, ensuite, bath, kitchen, dining & living
- Commercial alterations$50k
Conversion of the gge into a home office, including a toilet, storage area, & rumpus room.
- Relocated buildings$60k
Existing dwg relocated onto site relocate a 3 bdrm existing dwg to site
- New homes$280k
New res dwg 2-bdrm dwg with attached verandah
- Fires and heating$5,000
Fireplace freestanding install a metro free standing wood burner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$130k
Sleepouts construction of a 2 bdrm sleepout with bathrm & verandah
- Fires and heating$7,000
Fireplace freestanding to install a firenzo vision on logbox free standing woodburner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$175k
Res additions & alterations remove a fire damaged dwg roof. Repairs involve remove & replacing roof covering, trusses & gable end walls wall cladding. Remove & replace plasterboard ceiling linings, remove existing wetback wood burn
- Fires and heating$8,000
Fireplace freestanding replace existing fire with new freestanding Metro Xtreme Rad base
- Alterations and additions$15k
Res additions & alterations lower joists under new level entry accessible shower, relocate gas hot water calafont & other internal alterations & window installation exempt under schedule 1.
- Relocated buildings$60k
Existing dwg relocated onto site relocate 3 bdrm dwg onto site & drainage
- Fires and heating$4,500
Fireplace freestanding to install a new metro mega rad freestanding wood burner with 3kw wetback
- New homes$242k
New res dwg construction of a new 1 bdrm dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$153k
Garages with p & d &/or firewall construction of a new gge with storage & verandah
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Res additions & alterations installation of an internal stairway down to gge
- Relocated buildings$60k
Existing dwg relocated onto site relocate 103.6m2 dwg with internal alterations (convert existing kitchen into bathrm with wet floor shower, convert existing bathrm into ensuite access & a new walk-in wardrobe, relocate kitchen to ne co
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Gge/shed - no services construction of a new 18.0m wide x 9.0m deep pole shed
- Alterations and additions$250k
Res additions & alterations open plan kitchen, dining, & living areas. reconfiguration of a bdrm, bathrm, & laundry.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hokio Beach?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 185 new homes consented in the Horowhenua District council area, with $105m of residential and $21.6m 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.