Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mataura
38 new homes were consented in the Gore District council area in the year to September 2026, down 21% on the year before. They also consented $22.5m of non-residential building work, up 64% on the year before. Below: 134 consents we hold in Mataura, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Gore District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Gore 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 51 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Gore 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$10.2m
1 building · 1,170 m² new floor area · $4,444/m² new · +790% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.7m
3 buildings · 2,966 m² new floor area · $2,141/m² new · +152% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.2m
25 buildings · 5,032 m² new floor area · $619/m² new · +21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$675k
1 building · 206 m² new floor area · $3,277/m² new
- Social, cultural and religious$375k
1 building · 50 m² new floor area · $5,500/m² new · −88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$217k
−86% on the year before
- Offices$185k
−74% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$120k
1 building · 77 m² new floor area · $1,558/m² new · −89% on the year before
Consents on record in Mataura
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 134 from 1 Aug 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.
- Fires and heating35
9 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions26
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Garages, sheds and carports10
typically $43k
- New homes4
typically $703k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $9,750
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $200k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $75k
- Multiple homes1
typically $1.5m
- Demolition1
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
- $900kStage 2 of intended 2 stages base consent number bco10410628 - internal & external alterations & additions including new kitchen, decking, joinery & inground swimming pool. 9 Bangor Street, Mataura
- $890kR2 - full reclad & re roof including new structure, full internal alterations. New deck & woodburner. , Mataura
- $200kRbw - stage 1 of intended 2 stages. Piling, retaining & foundations, drain bridging for proposed stage 2 construction of an in ground swimming pool to the front of the dwg with associated paving 9 Bangor Street, Mataura
- $10kRemove burner & change to entrance way deck & door 37 Kana Street, Mataura
- $7,991To install a yunca monte base woodburner with flue & flue shield on an ash floor protector 720 Pioneer Highway, Brydone
134 consents
- Alterations and additions$900k
Stage 2 of intended 2 stages base consent number bco10410628 - internal & external alterations & additions including new kitchen, decking, joinery & inground swimming pool.
- Fires and heating$10k
Remove burner & change to entrance way deck & door
- Fires and heating$5,500
Fire installation - freestanding fisher denniston multi burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Fire installation - freestanding kent Ruapehu wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,500
Fire installation - freestanding Kaituna pedestal wood burner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace existing fire & flue.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install a f/s woodsman Tasman mk2 sfh
- Retaining walls$200k
Rbw - stage 1 of intended 2 stages. Piling, retaining & foundations, drain bridging for proposed stage 2 construction of an in ground swimming pool to the front of the dwg with associated paving
- Fires and heating$7,991
To install a yunca monte base woodburner with flue & flue shield on an ash floor protector
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding woodsman rmf multifuel logfire
- Fires and heating$5,500
Fire installation - freestanding masport Hurunui ashpan wood burner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$890k
R2 - full reclad & re roof including new structure, full internal alterations. New deck & woodburner.
- Fires and heating$7,500
Fire installation - freestanding masport osburn wood burner
- Alterations and additions$20k
R2 - alt to two-storey detached dwg. Bathrm renovations.
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
R1 - new carport to replace existing & tiling to existing bathrm.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$16k
New transportable dwg to connect to existing water & sewage onsite. New deck for access to be built under schedule 1.
- Alterations and additions$1
Durability modification
- Alterations and additions$5,000
New homewood heritage freestanding heating unit with wetback
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New gge
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Install furnace for central heating radiator system in non attached garage
- Alterations and additions$34k
New timber infill to exterior wall where highlander bridge connection to existing dwg removed.
- Alterations and additions$15k
Remove load bearing wall between lounge & kitchen
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro rad plus heater in dwg
- Multiple homes$1.5m
Rbw - 9 x new 2 storey units. Each with 3 bedrooms & 1.5 bathrooms. Sw detention tank for lots 1, 3, 4 & 6.
- Alterations and additions$180k
Erect storage building
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Suburbs in Mataura
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mataura?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 38 new homes consented in the Gore District council area, with $25.1m of residential and $22.5m 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.