Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mōkau
9 new homes were consented in the Waitomo District council area in the year to September 2026, down 47% on the year before. They also consented $14.2m of non-residential building work, up 127% on the year before. Below: 61 consents we hold in Mōkau, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waitomo District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waitomo 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 50 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waitomo 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$9m
1 building · 2,017 m² new floor area · $4,462/m² new · +917% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.3m
8 buildings · 6,229 m² new floor area · $374/m² new · +96% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
+283% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$670k
2 buildings · 230 m² new floor area · $2,826/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$380k
2 buildings · 280 m² new floor area · $714/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$240k
−86% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$50k
- Hotels and motels$45k
−77% on the year before
Consents on record in Mōkau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 61 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.
- Fires and heating18
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,750
- Alterations and additions9
4 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- New homes7
4 in the last 12 months · typically $550k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $100k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $750k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $38k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.3mNew dwg 372.80 sqm 4 bdrm, 3 bathrooms & rumpus room, with attached dbl car gge & escea tfs1000 freestanding wood burners. 35 Tainui Street, Mōkau
- $1mConstruction of dwg with attached gge - installation of maxen kinmont 350-l (leb), dry, freestanding, woodburner, cac-240583 4 Point Road, Mōkau
- $550kConstruction of a detached dwg with an attached gge subject to section 73 notice. 37 Tainui Street, Mōkau
- $434kNew dwg with attached gge 5 Rerenga Street, Mōkau
- $250kConvert & extend existing detached gge/workshop & adjacent rumpus room into 1 bdrm minor dwg unit 45 North Street, Mōkau
61 consents
- Alterations and additions$35k
Res additions & alterations ensuite alt for wetfloor tiled shower
- Alterations and additions$60k
Res additions & alterations relay slab under new level entry tiled shower, lintels to nzs3604
- New homes$550k
Construction of a detached dwg with an attached gge subject to section 73 notice.
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Construction of a standalone gge. Gge will have 100mm
- Fires and heating$7,500
Metro wee rad - leg wood fire
- Fires and heating$1,000
Amendment 1 - increase the size of the slab for the fireplace & changed wood burner from maxen kinmont 350-l to escea tc970, dry, in-built wood fireplace, cac-260563
- Fires and heating$9,200
Remove existing insert fire & install new metro smart
- New homes$434k
New dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,500
Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers
- New homes$1.3m
New dwg 372.80 sqm 4 bdrm, 3 bathrooms & rumpus room, with attached dbl car gge & escea tfs1000 freestanding wood burners.
- Fires and heating$9,005
Install solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$30k
Urgent work required on partial back wall that has been removed because it was unstable. Also a front door to be added
- Alterations and additions$25k
Wall removal in kitchen/living space with new beam. New
- Garages, sheds and carports$250k
Convert & extend existing detached gge/workshop & adjacent rumpus room into 1 bdrm minor dwg unit
- New homes$1m
Construction of dwg with attached gge - installation of maxen kinmont 350-l (leb), dry, freestanding, woodburner, cac-240583
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install solder wood burner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$10k
Install pre-built 48m2, 2-bdrm, 1-bathrm tiny home to
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Shed extension
- Fires and heating$5,500
Installation of a free standing woodfire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replacing existing fire standing fire metro wee rad leg.
- New homes$284k
New two bdrm home with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Drill holes into exterior weatherboard cladding, inject moisture-repellent insulation, cosywall, & repair the holes
- Relocated buildings$65k
New relocatable dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
To install a new kent Cardrona freestanding fire with a flue
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Suburbs in Mōkau
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mōkau?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 9 new homes consented in the Waitomo District council area, with $7.8m of residential and $14.2m 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.