Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Matatā
131 new homes were consented in the Whakatane District council area in the year to September 2026, down 3% on the year before. They also consented $29.8m of non-residential building work, down 7% on the year before. Below: 80 consents we hold in Matatā, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whakatane District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whakatane 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 194 in 2005.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Whakatane 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$8.7m
3 buildings · 1,013 m² new floor area · $4,679/m² new · +82% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6m
5 buildings · 1,496 m² new floor area · $2,624/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 106 m² new floor area · $14,151/m² new · −45% on the year before
- Offices$4.6m
3 buildings · 579 m² new floor area · $1,606/m² new · −2% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.6m
17 buildings · 3,119 m² new floor area · $814/m² new · +7% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
+4365% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$620k
+15% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$550k
1 building · +518% on the year before
Consents on record in Matatā
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 80 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Aug 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 homes18
1 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Fires and heating16
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions13
5 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Pools and spas5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Relocated buildings4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $138k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $52k
- New commercial buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.9m
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $116k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $10k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $23k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mRbw: construction of new single storey house with two wings. New gge shed. Total of four bedrooms, four bathrroms, media room, office, kitchen, dbl gge, pool & solid fuel heater. Retaining 2 Kereru Lane, Matatā
- $750kNew 3 bdrm dwg 86D Mimiha Ridge Road, Matatā
- $150kInstallation of fibreglass swimming pool + landscaping 39 Smith Road, Matatā
- $150kRelocate a 3 bdrm & 2 bathrm lockwood dwg. , Matatā
- $99kRenovation to transportable house for trident high school fund raiser 84 Arawa Street, Matatā
80 consents
- Relocated buildings$150k
Relocate a 3 bdrm & 2 bathrm lockwood dwg.
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Fire install
- New homes$750k
New 3 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$99k
Renovation to transportable house for trident high school fund raiser
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install a solid wood burner
- Alterations and additions$4,000
New fire install
- Fires and heating$2,000
Removal of existing wood fire & replacing with new metro xtreme rad with legs in current location.
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Replacement of an existing wood burning fire.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal alterations - new mezzanine & bathrm reconfiguration
- Pools and spas$150k
Installation of fibreglass swimming pool + landscaping
- New commercial buildings$2m
Rbw: construction of new single storey house with two wings. New gge shed. Total of four bedrooms, four bathrroms, media room, office, kitchen, dbl gge, pool & solid fuel heater. Retaining
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$23k
New joinery to family room & pergola extension
- New homes$125k
New 1 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$20k
Replacing existing acrylic shower tray type showers with tiled showers & new tiled walls & floors.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Solid fuel fire replaced with new
- Pools and spas$60k
Installation of fibreglass in-ground swimming pool & pool fencing.
- New homes$300k
Construct 3 bdrm home on site (temporary- to be relocated to waveley on completion)
- Garages, sheds and carports$73k
Construct a 10.2m x 6.6m gge
- New homes$250k
A proposed 3-bdrm dwg with multiple cladding types only to be built on temporary site before relocation. No proposed drainage due to temporary nature of structure. Foundation to be built o
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$18k
Res/farm - shower wall & floor to be tiled.
- New homes$400k
New single storey dwg, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & attached gge.
- New homes$485k
New 3 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Replacing existing solid wood burner
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Suburbs in Matatā
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Matatā?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 131 new homes consented in the Whakatane District council area, with $49.6m of residential and $29.8m 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.