Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tamatea
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 Tamatea itself, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 214 consents we hold in Tamatea, 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 Tamatea’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 Tamatea
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 3 statistical areas that make up most of it: Tamatea North, Tamatea East, Tamatea West. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 0 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 Tamatea
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 214 from 1 Aug 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 heating62
5 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions50
8 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
4 in the last 12 months · typically $36k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- New homes5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $650k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Multiple homes2
typically $950k
- Retaining walls1
typically $100k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $200k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $750kErect 2x attached dwgs, construct retaining walls (proposed lots 2-3) 35 Sutherland Street
- $583kSingle storey 2 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge 5 Selkirk Street
- $265kConstruction of a new 2 bdrm minor dwg 8 Guildford Street
- $250kR3 - alt to 2 storey detached dwg - partial recladding, & renovation including 2 new ensuites 5 Shortland Street
- $180kAlterations & add to dwg 225 Westminster Avenue
214 consents
- New homes$750k
Erect 2x attached dwgs, construct retaining walls (proposed lots 2-3)
- Alterations and additions$15k
Housing (detached dwg) - bathrm renovation including new tiled shower, bath, & internal alterations
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$250k
R3 - alt to 2 storey detached dwg - partial recladding, & renovation including 2 new ensuites
- Alterations and additions$25k
Wet area vinyl shower
- Alterations and additions$1,800
Amendment 1 - change showers from acrylic to tiled shower
- Garages, sheds and carports$5,000
Gge door added to existing carport
- Alterations and additions$4,612
Amendment - moved back to the original .9m from which the original foundation was & have added a fire wall to the complete length wall closest to the boundary line
- New homes$265k
Construction of a new 2 bdrm minor dwg
- Fires and heating$8,500
New install of pyro classic freestanding woodburner
- New homes$583k
Single storey 2 bdrm domestic dwg with attached gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$30k
Eq: alt to dwg - foundation repair & re-levelling
- Garages, sheds and carports$58k
New versatile gge 7.2x5x2.7m
- Alterations and additions$133k
Alterations & add of bathrm & 2 x bedrooms
- Fires and heating$7,500
Replace existing with masport clutha freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$3,000
Woodsman uleb freestanding log burner 32 Salisbury Ave Rangiora lot 124 dp 530059
- Garages, sheds and carports$47k
Construct new detached gge
- Alterations and additions$30k
Convert existing bathrm & wc room into wetfloor house alt/additions
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Internal alterations
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$100k
Proposed new 31m2 studio with bathrm
- Fires and heating$5,000
New install of metro tiny rad base freestanding woodburner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$6,000
Tiled bathrm including tile shower, plumbing replaced, hot water cylinder removed & refitted with gas califont
- Garages, sheds and carports$52k
New totalspan shed
- Alterations and additions$180k
Alterations & add to dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Woodsman uleb freestanding logburner 25 canterbury St Ashley lot 3 dp 66058
- Alterations and additions$10k
Internal alterations to existing dwg housing - detached
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tamatea?
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.