Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Okauia
325 new homes were consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area in the year to September 2026, up 35% on the year before. They also consented $73.1m of non-residential building work, up 4% on the year before. In the statistical area around Okauia, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Okauia, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Okauia’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Matamata-Piako 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 433 in 2021.
New homes in Okauia
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Okauia sits in (Okauia) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 1 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 — 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
Consents on record in Okauia
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Dec 2019 to 1 Jul 2024. 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 heating4
typically $4,750
- Alterations and additions2
typically $395k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $15k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $13k
- New homes1
typically $958k
- Pools and spas1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
18 consents
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install new xtreme rad-leg freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$7,500
Woodburner & connection to existing wetback set up
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$15k
Pergola
- Pools and spas$60k
Swimming pool & fence
- New homes$958k
Dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of new freestanding wood fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$13k
1 bay extension to existing circular storage shed
- Alterations and additions$600k
Add of bdrm, ensuite & living areas to existing
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of new freestanding woodfire
- Alterations and additions$190k
Add of ensuite & living room
- Pools and spas$78k
Install fibreglass inground swimming pool
- Alterations and additions$100k
Extend & renovate existing kitchen & add roof over
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Woodburning fire
- Pools and spas$55k
Swimming pool
- New homes$162k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Replace a small window with a larger window
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Install fire & removal of old diesel fire
- Alterations and additions$240k
Alterations & extension to existing dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Okauia?
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.