Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Matapihi
798 new homes were consented in the Tauranga City council area in the year to September 2026, up 80% on the year before. They also consented $243m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. In Matapihi itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 4 consents we hold in Matapihi, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tauranga City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Matapihi’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tauranga City, 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 1,998 in 1997.
New homes in Matapihi
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Matapihi. In the year to September 2026: 0 houses, 1 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 — Tauranga City, 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$79.7m
9 buildings · 29,100 m² new floor area · $2,184/m² new · +171% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$44.6m
7 buildings · 5,182 m² new floor area · $7,333/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$40.8m
8 buildings · 12,089 m² new floor area · $2,271/m² new · +61% on the year before
- Education$25.9m
13 buildings · 3,593 m² new floor area · $4,698/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$23.8m
8 buildings · 12,115 m² new floor area · $1,826/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$20.6m
2 buildings · 4,600 m² new floor area · $3,946/m² new · −57% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.8m
2 buildings · 260 m² new floor area · $4,385/m² new · −73% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$1.8m
1 building · 107 m² new floor area · $4,256/m² new
- Farm buildings$212k
2 buildings · 276 m² new floor area · $768/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$135k
−96% on the year before
Consents on record in Matapihi
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 4 from 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Jun 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 additions2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Fires and heating2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,750
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $90kFoundations, services & decks only for 2x transportable dwgs. 469B Matapihi Road
- $50kAlterations to dwg. Divide 80sqm section off the existing dwg to create two bdrm secondary independent dwg. 187 Matapihi Road
- $6,500Installation of a new masport r1200 (legs) freestanding solid fuel heater 49 Waikari Road
4 consents
- Alterations and additions$90k
Foundations, services & decks only for 2x transportable dwgs.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Installation of a new masport r1200 (legs) freestanding solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$50k
Alterations to dwg. Divide 80sqm section off the existing dwg to create two bdrm secondary independent dwg.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a freestanding metro eco wee rad solid fuel heater - with wetback
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Matapihi?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 798 new homes consented in the Tauranga City council area, with $453m of residential and $243m 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.