Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Matamata
Councils consented $73.1m of non-residential building work in the Matamata-Piako District council area in the year to September 2026, up 4% on the year before. Below: 9 commercial consents we hold in Matamata, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Matamata-Piako 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 — Matamata-Piako 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$20.8m
5 buildings · 6,338 m² new floor area · $3,171/m² new · +632% on the year before
- Farm buildings$13.5m
55 buildings · 32,757 m² new floor area · $409/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$10.2m
5 buildings · 4,680 m² new floor area · $1,861/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$9.1m
8 buildings · 4,724 m² new floor area · $1,162/m² new · −65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$7.5m
2 buildings · 1,247 m² new floor area · $6,014/m² new · +48% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.6m
3 buildings · 589 m² new floor area · $5,903/m² new · −25% on the year before
- Offices$3.3m
6 buildings · 835 m² new floor area · $2,234/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Education$2.7m
2 buildings · 466 m² new floor area · $2,339/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
1 building · 260 m² new floor area · $5,308/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$60k
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 Matamata
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 9 from 1 Feb 2021 to 1 Dec 2025. 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.
- Commercial alterations7
typically $45k
- New commercial buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $3.4m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3.4mCommercial - construction of 6 x single level res duplexes (12 x units total). 20 Pohutukawa Place, Matamata
9 consents
- New commercial buildings$3.4m
Commercial - construction of 6 x single level res duplexes (12 x units total).
- Commercial alterations$260k
Extension to existing workshop
- Commercial alterations$200k
rbw add at one end of the house of two bedrooms & an ensuite, the other end an entrance, office & extra living space.
- Commercial alterations$60k
Locate a new transportable home & connect to foundations & services. New building covered by a ccc by Waipa District dc. This will be issued to Matamata piako dc upon completion of the building in the factory
- Commercial alterations$30k
Erect gge/workshop
- Commercial alterations$1
C1 - notification of change of use - converting office building to single unit res building.
- Commercial alterations$7,000
To fit a new Eco Xtreme Rad leg woodfire in workshop
- Commercial alterations$45k
Dbl gge & workshop
- Commercial alterations$130k
Lounge/bdrm extension convert ensuite back into office
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Matamata
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Matamata?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 325 new homes consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area, with $174m of residential and $73.1m 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.