Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Manakau
Councils consented $21.6m of non-residential building work in the Horowhenua District council area in the year to September 2026, up 28% on the year before. Below: 5 commercial consents we hold in Manakau, 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Manakau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 5 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 May 2021. 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.
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
5 consents
- Commercial alterations$34k
Gge/shed - no services new 9.0m x 6.0m gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$3,000
Fireplace freestanding Hall of Flame supply of a new masport Rakaia wood burner, customer to install
- Commercial alterations$60k
Res additions & alterations add of a new pergola & bi-fold door to existing dwg & removal of an internal loadbearing wall. Installation of new log burner & alterations to existing bathrm. New bathrm & office added to e
- Commercial alterations$1,400
Fireplace freestanding installation of a logaire minos 2 wood fire into workshop
- Commercial alterations$53k
Garages/shed no services constriction of a new 12.0m x 9.0m non-habitable gge workshop
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Manakau
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Manakau?
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.