Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Maungakaramea
450 new homes were consented in the Whangarei District council area in the year to September 2026, up 18% on the year before. They also consented $144m of non-residential building work, up 97% on the year before. Below: 56 consents we hold in Maungakaramea, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whangarei District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whangarei 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 964 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Whangarei 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.
- Offices$35m
8 buildings · 8,875 m² new floor area · $3,529/m² new · +228% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$23.8m
4 buildings · 4,165 m² new floor area · $4,778/m² new · +231% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$19m
1 building · 2,380 m² new floor area · $7,983/m² new · +4122% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$19m
6 buildings · 12,895 m² new floor area · $1,466/m² new · +59% on the year before
- Education$18.7m
9 buildings · 2,217 m² new floor area · $1,628/m² new · −26% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$12.5m
3 buildings · 592 m² new floor area · $5,380/m² new · +1291% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$6.3m
1 building · 1,165 m² new floor area · $3,863/m² new · +974% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.6m
4 buildings · 3,253 m² new floor area · $1,460/m² new · −42% on the year before
- Farm buildings$4.6m
31 buildings · 5,859 m² new floor area · $768/m² new · −24% on the year before
Consents on record in Maungakaramea
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 56 from 1 Oct 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.
- Alterations and additions19
4 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Pools and spas5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $72k
- New homes4
typically $500k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $94k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $61k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.7m
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $94k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $220k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $78k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.7mConstruction of three two-storey detached dwgs, each comprising of four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, single internal gge, living, dining & kitchen. New timber retaining wall on lot 3 12 Vera Heights, Maungakaramea
- $80kAdditions & alterations to existing shed - convert to sleepout, bathrm & new soldier piles 239 Jobe Road, Maungakaramea
- $15kNew swimming pool fence 1 Tauraroa Road, Maungakaramea
- $10kNew heating appliance 255 Tangihua Road, Maungakaramea
- $7,000New heating appliance 38 Tauraroa Road, Maungakaramea
56 consents
- Multiple homes$1.7m
Construction of three two-storey detached dwgs, each comprising of four bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, single internal gge, living, dining & kitchen. New timber retaining wall on lot 3
- Pools and spas$15k
New swimming pool fence
- Alterations and additions$7,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$10k
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$5,000
New heating appliance with wetback
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$80k
Additions & alterations to existing shed - convert to sleepout, bathrm & new soldier piles
- Alterations and additions$4,578
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$5,100
New heating appliance
- Relocated buildings$150k
Relocation & alterations to existing dwg - foundations, bathrm & new effluent system
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$220k
Add & alterations to existing dwg - recladding, change joinery, retrofit insulation in walls, new plumbing fixtures to existing bathrm & ensuite & remove curved windows
- Relocated buildings$94k
Relocation of existing dwg - foundations & drainage
- Alterations and additions$8,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$3,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$6,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$45k
Alterations to existing dwg - new ensuite bathrm
- Alterations and additions$500k
Minor interior refurbishment works including upgrade of floor & wall finishes, new kitchen joinery & new loose furniture at filtration plant building
- Alterations and additions$3,500
New heating appliance
- Relocated buildings$40k
New relocatable dwg amendment 1: site address - prefabricated build now proposed to be completed on-site, at 497 Maungakaramea Rd, Maungakaramea.
- New homes$250k
New dwg
- Pools and spas$80k
New swimming pool & pool fence
- Alterations and additions$9,500
New heating appliance
- Pools and spas$50k
New swimming pool & fence
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alterations to existing dwg - bathrm
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
New effluent system
- Alterations and additions$160k
Add to existing dwg - living, bdrm & ensuite
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Suburbs in Maungakaramea
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Maungakaramea?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 450 new homes consented in the Whangarei District council area, with $283m of residential and $144m 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.