Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pakowhai
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 the statistical area around Pakowhai, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 105 consents we hold in Pakowhai, 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 Pakowhai’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 Pakowhai
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Pakowhai sits in (Omahu-Pakowhai) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 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 — 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 Pakowhai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 105 from 1 Dec 2020 to 1 Dec 2025. 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 additions3
typically $50k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $180k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $150kNew garage and workshop 1950 Pakowhai Road
105 consents
- Commercial alterations$150k
New garage and workshop
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations to dwelling - flood reinstatement/minor works
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$180k
Alterations to dwelling & remedial work for cyclone gabrielle flood damage.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Internal alterations
- Alterations and additions$80k
Additions & alterations to building
- Alterations and additions$150k
Additions & alterations to building
- Alterations and additions$50k
Additions to building
- Fires and heating$2,100
Install replacement contessa freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install free standing fire
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$4,000
Part repile.
- Commercial alterations$5,000
Install chicken takeaway outlet to service station.
- Garages, sheds and carports$9,500
Erect pole shed.
- Fires and heating$2,200
Install heater without wet back.
- Garages, sheds and carports$16k
Erect garage / storeroom.
- Relocated buildings$8,000
Relocate shed/install septic tank/install heater.
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
Erect shed.
- Solar panels$19k
Extend & relocate kitchen,fit new solar hot water
- Fires and heating$1,300
Install heater without wet back.
- Alterations and additions$350k
Erect dwellings.
- Alterations and additions$258k
Erect dwelling.
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install heater w/o wetback
- Commercial alterations$11k
Install wet area shower.
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install heater.
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install heater
- Farm buildings$9,300
Erect implement shed.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pakowhai?
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.