Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pikowai
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. In the statistical area around Pikowai, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 12 consents we hold in Pikowai, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Pikowai’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Pikowai
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Pikowai sits in (Manawahe) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 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 — 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 Pikowai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 May 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 heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $3,750
- New homes2
typically $158k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $1.9m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $23k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $10k
- Pools and spas1
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
- $3,000Install a solid wood burner 89C Awanuiarangi Road
12 consents
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install a solid wood burner
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$23k
New joinery to family room & pergola extension
- New homes$125k
New 1 bdrm dwg
- Pools and spas$60k
Installation of fibreglass in-ground swimming pool & pool fencing.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Septic system for future house as per attached schedule 5 report
- New commercial buildings$1.9m
New four bdrm family home plus office & attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$7,800
Install solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install solid fuel heater
- New homes$190k
Construction of 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Relocated buildings$50k
Completion of work to relocate a 1950s house onto this new site to bring it to habitable standard
- Garages, sheds and carports$18k
Ideal gge building
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pikowai?
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.