Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Pōhue
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 Pōhue, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 38 consents we hold in Te Pōhue, 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 Pōhue’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 Pōhue
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Te Pōhue sits in (Puketitiri-Tutira) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 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 Te Pōhue
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 38 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 May 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 homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $822k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $822kNew dwelling. 1896 State Highway 5
38 consents
- New homes$822k
New dwelling.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Covered deck with stairs & freest
- Alterations and additions$42k
Adds & alts to dwelling.
- Farm buildings$14k
Erect farm implement shed.
- Relocated buildings$20k
Relocate dwelling.
- Alterations and additions$10k
Erect porch.
- Alterations and additions$65k
Dwelling additions.
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install solid fuel heater - firenzo forte bay
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install a metro rad solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
Build a pole shed.
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$3,500
Close in deck to add additional bedroom.
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Erect a 3 bay shed.
- Alterations and additions$89k
Application rejected at plansmart application lapsed by john guthrie 7/11/2011
- Alterations and additions$32k
Erect new farm building.
- Alterations and additions$90k
Alterations and additions to existing dwelling.
- Relocated buildings$53k
Relocation of a 2 bedroom house.
- Relocated buildings$9,000
Relocation and alterations to old karamu college workshop.
- Garages, sheds and carports$21k
Construct garage.
- Alterations and additions$130k
Extension & alterations to dwelling.
- Alterations and additions$426k
Erect new dwelling.
- Alterations and additions$160k
Extensions & alterations to dwelling.
- Alterations and additions$412k
Erect new residential dwelling.
- Fires and heating$5,749
Replace existing free standing sfh with kent tile fire
- Alterations and additions$350k
New dwelling
- Commercial alterations$450k
Rabbit processing factory, new building.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Pōhue?
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.