Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Murupara
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. Below: 86 consents we hold in Murupara, 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.
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.
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 Murupara
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 86 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating28
6 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions21
1 in the last 12 months · typically $42k
- Relocated buildings5
typically $60k
- New homes4
typically $585k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $128k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $480k
- Insulation1
typically $500
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $19k
- Multiple homes1
typically $850k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $2,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $145kSite enabling work for proposed new dwg: 1) agree location & install septic tanks.2) lay drains from the house to the septic system (electricity too, i assume).3) foundations .4) retaining wall 43 Rimu Road, Murupara
- $7,000Install woodsman serene drawer freestanding fire 4118 Galatea Road, Galatea
- $6,500Install masport Rangitata insert woodfire 20 Kauri Crescent, Murupara
- $6,500Install masport Rangitata insert woodfire 37 Rewa Crescent, Murupara
- $5,500Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire 19 Ngaio Place, Murupara
86 consents
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of wood burner
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install masport Rangitata insert woodfire
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install metro wee rad woody freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install woodsman serene drawer freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$145k
Site enabling work for proposed new dwg: 1) agree location & install septic tanks.2) lay drains from the house to the septic system (electricity too, i assume).3) foundations .4) retaining wall
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install masport Rangitata insert woodfire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Alterations to an existing dwg - installation of a woodsman serene
- Fires and heating$5,900
Installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers specifications rika miro pellet fire replaces existing fire.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment to aba-2025-148 - form bdrm from lobby & store, install maxen cargill heater
- Alterations and additions$42k
Alterations to bathrm area
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Construction of a deck
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Freestanding - install firenzo contessa platform ag free standing wood fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Pools and spas$7,000
Construction of pool fence for existing pool
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport Hurunui freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$150k
Repair fire damaged dwg & install metro tiny rad woody heater
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocate 2 x homes onto site
- New homes$360k
New res dwg 3 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$7,854
Installation of a new pyro mini freestanding wood burner. A
- Alterations and additions$250k
Extend & alt dwg - add third storey, alt internal layout & erect decks
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$76k
Res/farm - 2m x 3.6m extension, reclad all existing weatherboard with t-rib over cavity.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Construct a pile wall on site in accordance with geotechnical design & civil engineering design. See resource consent approved pla n a103 from osa for its location.
- Alterations and additions$30k
Dwg alts
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Suburbs in Murupara
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Murupara?
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.