Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Māhia
20 new homes were consented in the Wairoa District council area in the year to September 2026, down 65% on the year before. They also consented $4.2m of non-residential building work, down 19% on the year before. Below: 128 consents we hold in Māhia, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Wairoa District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Wairoa 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 42 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 — Wairoa 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$2.1m
−48% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$800k
1 building · 308 m² new floor area · $2,597/m² new · +167% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$405k
+1520% on the year before
- Farm buildings$335k
7 buildings · 561 m² new floor area · $598/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$210k
+110% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$180k
+800% on the year before
- Offices$80k
−73% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$70k
1 building · 193 m² new floor area · $363/m² new
Consents on record in Māhia
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 128 from 1 Jul 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.
- New homes32
8 in the last 12 months · typically $505k
- Alterations and additions22
3 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Garages, sheds and carports9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $49k
- Fires and heating8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs8
typically $33k
- Relocated buildings5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $70k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $875k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $600k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $834kNew duplex - unit 308 & 310 8 Browns Rise, Māhia
- $650kDwg with attached dbl gge 11 Pipi Crescent, Māhia
- $642kTo erect a new 4 bdrm single storey dwg with attached gge 3 Puka Place, Māhia
- $620kNew dwg with attached gge & attached one unit. 2 Tarakihi Crescent, Māhia
- $538kNew dwg 8 Browns Rise, Māhia
128 consents
- New homes$642k
To erect a new 4 bdrm single storey dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
New freestanding fireplace
- New homes$350k
Construct a 57 sqm dwg, aes septic & on site water supply (tanks)
- Fires and heating$3,500
Installation of a Cardrona freestanding wood-burner & hearth
- Relocated buildings$150k
Relocate a 3 bdrm, 2 bathrm transportable lockwood dwg
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal alterations, refurbishment & minor exterior works
- New homes$650k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$500k
Three bdrm detached dwg attached gge, sed retaining wall.
- Alterations and additions$400k
Extend existing 2 storey bach: a new roof over an extended living area at 90 degrees to existing. Build new ground floor habitable spaces including storage, a bdrm/living/kitchenette space, laundry & connecting passageway.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$50k
Re-piling of existing building
- Garages, sheds and carports$49k
New shed 11000x9000m 99m2
- New homes$538k
New dwg
- Multiple homes$834k
New duplex - unit 308 & 310
- New homes$510k
Three bdrm dwg
- New homes$510k
Three bdrm dwg with gge
- New homes$620k
New dwg with attached gge & attached one unit.
- Alterations and additions$60k
The installation of a new three bdrm, 101m2 transportable dwg with associated drainage work
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocate a second hand transportable dwg. Dwg will be connected to existing wastewater, sewerage & water systems.
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Install concrete floor in existing gge around existing concrete piles. Install a new bathrm & laundry in section of existing gge.
- Alterations and additions$10k
Remove internal walls to enlarge bedrooms, including 30/30/30 fire separations between bedrooms, new & altered specified systems
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Construction of pole shed for use of storage
- New homes$470k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$470k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- New homes$494k
New dwg - unit 12
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Gable shed
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Suburbs in Māhia
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Māhia?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 20 new homes consented in the Wairoa District council area, with $12.4m of residential and $4.2m 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.