Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Maraenui
328 new homes were consented in the Napier City council area in the year to September 2026, up 41% on the year before. They also consented $54.2m of non-residential building work, down 58% on the year before. In Maraenui itself, 15 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 141 consents we hold in Maraenui, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Napier City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Maraenui’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Napier 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 442 in 2005.
New homes in Maraenui
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Maraenui. In the year to September 2026: 5 houses, 10 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 — Napier 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$14.6m
2 buildings · 816 m² new floor area · $4,289/m² new · +31% on the year before
- Offices$12.8m
2 buildings · 801 m² new floor area · $7,703/m² new · −74% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$8.9m
5 buildings · 1,096 m² new floor area · $3,212/m² new · +49% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$7.3m
3 buildings · 1,548 m² new floor area · $4,255/m² new · −81% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$5m
3 buildings · 2,266 m² new floor area · $1,980/m² new · +740% on the year before
- Education$4.8m
2 buildings · 191 m² new floor area · $1,937/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Farm buildings$740k
9 buildings · 925 m² new floor area · $800/m² new · +2% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$178k
−97% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$50k
−71% on the year before
Consents on record in Maraenui
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 141 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 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 heating42
3 in the last 12 months · typically $4,700
- Alterations and additions24
3 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Relocated buildings6
typically $55k
- New homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Multiple homes5
typically $345k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $545k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $3,050
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- Insulation1
typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $311kConstruction of dwg with attached gge, & installation of ravelli natural 7, freestanding, dry, woodpellet burner, cac183132 19 Percy Spiller Avenue
- $35kRefurbish existing commercial building into toilet, shower & laundry amenities block 76 Bledisloe Road
- $20kRemove chimneys, infill walls, & replace timber subfloor of dwg 30 Richmond Street
- $18kWet area vinyl shower 19 Bright Crescent
- $8,000Replaced walls with beams to hold up ceiling only 7 Darwin Crescent
141 consents
- New homes$311k
Construction of dwg with attached gge, & installation of ravelli natural 7, freestanding, dry, woodpellet burner, cac183132
- Commercial alterations$35k
Refurbish existing commercial building into toilet, shower & laundry amenities block
- Fires and heating$3,500
Replace existing with masport waimakarere freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$7,500
Replace existing with firenzo contessa uleb freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$18k
Wet area vinyl shower
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace existing with kent Rata insert woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Amendment 2 - remove minor res unit & gge (-$300k)
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Replaced walls with beams to hold up ceiling only
- Alterations and additions$20k
Remove chimneys, infill walls, & replace timber subfloor of dwg
- Alterations and additions$18k
Alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install woodsman Brunner mk11 freestanding woodburner
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocate 4 x bdrm dwg to site plus drainage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace existing with woodsman Totara insert woodburner
- Relocated buildings$150k
Bearers down consent for two x 3 bdrm relocated dwgs, relocate existing dwg within site
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$3,600
Connect existing downpipes to new 100mm stormwater pipework to new single kerb connection
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alt to dwg - change to bathrooms, add of laundry & convert bdrm into scullery
- Multiple homes$2.8m
Eight x 2 bdrm apartments - units 12 to 19
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Demolish shed, construct new gge
- Relocated buildings$50k
Bearers down only for relocated dwg including services
- New homes$1.7m
Rbw - new two storey dwgs with five bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms & attached dbl gge. New retaining walls
- Insulation$20k
Insulation & bracing added to external walls. Bathrm alt internal alt
- Alterations and additions$15k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new ensuite
- Alterations and additions$7,000
New install firenzo contessa ag dry in lounge
- Alterations and additions$25k
Bathrm renovation
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace existing with metro smart insert woodburner
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Maraenui?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 328 new homes consented in the Napier City council area, with $162m of residential and $54.2m 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.