Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Poi
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 Te Poi itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 28 consents we hold in Te Poi, 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 Te Poi’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 Te Poi
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Te Poi. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 — 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 Te Poi
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 28 from 1 Aug 2020 to 1 Jan 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.
- Fires and heating7
typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $75k
- Alterations and additions3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Commercial alterations2
typically $34k
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $542k
- Insulation1
typically $4,000
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $542kNew 4 bdrm detached dwg 50B Old Te Aroha Road
- $25kBathrm alt including wall removal, doorway widening, new level access shower, new fixtures, & new floor & wall linings 24 Temm Road
28 consents
- Alterations and additions$25k
Bathrm alt including wall removal, doorway widening, new level access shower, new fixtures, & new floor & wall linings
- New homes$542k
New 4 bdrm detached dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
To fit a freestanding metro tiny rad woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$53k
Erect proposed new totalspan gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Erect proposed new totalspan gge
- Fires and heating$5,800
Installation of new free standing solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$60k
Alterations & add to existing two bdrm dwg.
- Fires and heating$6,500
To fit a new eco wee rad woody free standing woodfire
- 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$7,000
To fit a new Eco Xtreme Rad leg woodfire in workshop
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport r3000 rural f/s woodburner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$60k
Recladding of existing weatherboards
- Fires and heating$7,000
Freestanding woodburner with wetback
- Garages, sheds and carports$96k
New totalspan gge
- Alterations and additions$65k
Alterations to ensuite bathrm, laundry, some joinery &
- Fires and heating$5,750
Metro wee rad eco legs woodfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$111k
Totalspan gge
- Insulation$4,000
Insulmax wall insulation to exterior walls
- Fires and heating$7,700
New wood burner fire
- Alterations and additions$150k
Internal alterations to an existing dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Plumbing & drainage to new ensuite in master bdrm
- Pools and spas$42k
In ground swimming pool
- Alterations and additions$150k
Internal alt/demo/adition of ensuite
- Fires and heating$2,000
Replace existing woodfire with metro freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$180k
Add on new living areas to existing dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Poi?
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.