Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Anakiwa
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. In the statistical area around Anakiwa, 18 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 388 consents we hold in Anakiwa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Anakiwa’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
New homes in Anakiwa
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Anakiwa sits in (Marlborough Sounds East) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 18 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 — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Anakiwa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 388 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Apr 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 additions5
typically $80k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Fires and heating2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $116k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $58k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $51k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $45k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $1.3m
- New homes1
typically $500k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $45k
- Retaining walls1
typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $87kRes alterations & additions & solid fuel heater 339 Anakiwa Road
- $70kRes alterations & additions & new lined gge 28 Lady Cobham Grove
- $51kGge/pottery workshop 32 Tirimoana Terrace
- $27kReplacement wastewater system 259G Anakiwa Road
388 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Res alterations & additions & new lined gge
- Commercial alterations$51k
Gge/pottery workshop
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$27k
Replacement wastewater system
- Fires and heating$87k
Res alterations & additions & solid fuel heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$88k
Add of bdrm with ensuite & wastewater system upgrade
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$45k
Deck extension
- Alterations and additions$78k
Res alterations & additions
- Fires and heating$145k
Dwg alterations & additions with free-standing rika pellet fire
- Retaining walls$35k
Retaining wall
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Gge with storage/hobbies room
- Alterations and additions$85k
Res alterations & additions
- Alterations and additions$60k
Amendment: additional TPO membrane roof with skylights & internal gutter over external deck area
- Relocated buildings$45k
Foundations & services for relocated new dwg
- New homes$500k
Construct new 3 bdrm 2 bathrm home with basement gge. Colorsteel roof with dbl glazed aluminium joinery & james hardies exotec & shadowclad & vertical cedar as cladding
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1.3m
Dwg, studio unit, swimming pool & wastewater system
- Alterations and additions$200k
Alts to existing dwg: new cladding, roofing, remove bay window, new external door (2 Okiwa Bay)
- Alterations and additions$80k
Res alterations & additions
- Alterations and additions$15k
Add of ensuite
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs
Conservatory
- New homes
Two Storey Dwelling with Metro Log Fire
- Alterations and additions
Addition
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing Woodsman Console Log Fire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
Effluent Disposal Trench and Septic Tank Outlet Filter
- Fires and heating
Additions and Alterations and Install Metro Log Fire
- Fires and heating
Install Free Standing King-Glo Chip Heater
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Anakiwa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.