Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Awa
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 Te Awa, 28 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 53 consents we hold in Te Awa, 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 Te Awa’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 Te Awa
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Te Awa sits in (Meeanee-Awatoto) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 18 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 Te Awa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 53 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.
- New homes12
6 in the last 12 months · typically $455k
- Fires and heating8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- Alterations and additions7
typically $39k
- Pools and spas3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.7m
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $20k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $5,000
- New commercial buildings1
typically $876k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $28k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.9mRbw - proposed main dwg with 2 storey, 5 bdrm, 4 bathrm, 1 wc, kitchen & scullery, living, dining, sitting, lounge, family & study, balcony. Dbl gge, above ground tank. Minor unit ha 6 Te Awa Avenue
- $1.2mConstruct new three bdrm home. Install selected woodfire. 18 Te Awa Avenue
- $482kNew 3 x bdrm dwg amendment 1: plasterboard changed from gib to elephant plasterboard. H1/vm1 modelling done on the house, with insulation / exterior joinery / slab altered. 5/102 Eriksen Road
- $430kNew 3 x bdrm dwg amendment 1: plasterboard changed from gib to elephant plasterboard. H1/vm1 modelling don on the house, with insulation / exterior joinery / slab altered. 1/102 Eriksen Road
- $401kNew 3 x bdrm dwg amendment 1: plasterboard changed from gib to elephant plasterboard. H1/vm1 modelling done on building, with insulation / external joinery altered. 4/102 Eriksen Road
53 consents
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1.9m
Rbw - proposed main dwg with 2 storey, 5 bdrm, 4 bathrm, 1 wc, kitchen & scullery, living, dining, sitting, lounge, family & study, balcony. Dbl gge, above ground tank. Minor unit ha
- New homes$300k
New 3 x bdrm dwg & existing services
- New homes$399k
Dwg (lot 36)
- New homes$482k
New 3 x bdrm dwg amendment 1: plasterboard changed from gib to elephant plasterboard. H1/vm1 modelling done on the house, with insulation / exterior joinery / slab altered.
- New homes$430k
New 3 x bdrm dwg amendment 1: plasterboard changed from gib to elephant plasterboard. H1/vm1 modelling don on the house, with insulation / exterior joinery / slab altered.
- New homes$401k
New 3 x bdrm dwg amendment 1: plasterboard changed from gib to elephant plasterboard. H1/vm1 modelling done on building, with insulation / external joinery altered.
- Pools and spas$2,000
Glass pool fencing
- Pools and spas$40k
Alterations to dwg & new pool fencing
- Fires and heating$9,000
Replace existing with masport osburn 1600 wet freestanding woodburner in lounge
- New homes$1.2m
Construct new three bdrm home. Install selected woodfire.
- Alterations and additions$39k
Re pile existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$500
Ground floor lounge kitchenette added. 1st floor family room kitchenette added
- New commercial buildings$876k
Rbw - single storey, res dwg with four bedrooms & office, one ensuite, one family bathrm with a separate wc, open plan living & dining areas, kitchen with scullery & media room, s
- Fires and heating$8,500
Heater
- Alterations and additions$150k
Additions & alterations to dwg including new living area & ensuite
- New homes$555k
New 3 x bdrm dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Alterations to dwg & gge
- Fires and heating$10k
Fireplace freestanding install a freestanding wagener sparky wood fire
- New homes$600k
New 3 x bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$3,500
Remove 2 windows & install new 4.6m wide door
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
New stormwater drains
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$1.5m
Rbw - new two-storey dwg with minor unit, seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, two kitchens, scullery, two living, two dining, family, laundry within a dbl gge. Laundry within kitchen. Swimming
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Installation of shower to existing bathrm
- Pools and spas$65k
Install swimming pool under 35000l. Pool fencing consent only.
- Fires and heating$4,500
Replaced existing with masport r1500p freestanding woodburner
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Te Awa
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Awa?
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.