Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in National Park
20 new homes were consented in the Ruapehu District council area in the year to September 2026, down 59% on the year before. They also consented $6.9m of non-residential building work, down 15% on the year before. Below: 35 consents we hold in National Park, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Ruapehu District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Ruapehu District, 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 84 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Ruapehu District, 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$1.9m
3 buildings · 864 m² new floor area · $2,049/m² new · +97% on the year before
- Offices$1.1m
1 building · 454 m² new floor area · $1,982/m² new · +3757% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.1m
1 building · 288 m² new floor area · $1,858/m² new · +1748% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$835k
- Farm buildings$780k
13 buildings · 2,610 m² new floor area · $299/m² new · −6% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$345k
−22% on the year before
- Education$339k
−88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$285k
1 building · 39 m² new floor area · $3,846/m² new · −88% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$262k
1 building · 48 m² new floor area · $5,208/m² new · −26% on the year before
Consents on record in National Park
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 35 from 1 Sep 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.
- Fires and heating6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,750
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $38k
- New homes4
typically $674k
- Insulation2
typically $110k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $13k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $55k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $27k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $80k
- Multiple homes1
typically $1.5m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $16kInstall freestanding pyro classic pyro mini solid fuel heater 60 Carroll Street, Waimarino
- $5,000Installation of maxen kinmont 350-w 24A MacKenzie Street, Waimarino
- $3,193Install freestanding wood fire woodsman kanaku wood stacker uleb solid fuel burner 23 Buddo Street, Waimarino
35 consents
- Fires and heating$16k
Install freestanding pyro classic pyro mini solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Installation of maxen kinmont 350-w
- Fires and heating$3,193
Install freestanding wood fire woodsman kanaku wood stacker uleb solid fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$27k
Construction of a totalspan steel framed gge (11 park lane)
- New homes$893k
Construction of dwg with attached gge - lot 45
- Multiple homes$1.5m
C1 - multi-unit 3 storey apartment building (blockb) consent granted subject to section 72
- Relocated buildings$18k
Foundation & drainage for relocated 3-bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Solid fuel heater - metro wee rad woody
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install metro r2 freestanding woodburner
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$55k
Repiling of the residence
- New homes$748k
4 bdrm detached dwg with two floors. Bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry & den located on ground floor. Kitchen, living located on first floor. Features large car port. Structural steel.
- Relocated buildings$9,000
Relocate existing 26 sqm cottage onto new piles.
- Alterations and additions$5,000
CCC issued.
- New homes$200k
R1 - new single storey detached dwg. (aka 5a findlay St).
- Alterations and additions$200k
Extension/renovation to turn the existing 2 bdrm, 1 bath dwg into a 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath dwg & new gge.
- New homes$600k
Construct a new timber framed detached dwg with carport. Timber pile foundations; clt floor panels; timber framed walls & trussed roof. Clad with corrugate iron & shiplap weatherboard. + fire
- Insulation$110k
Install external wall insulation
- Insulation$110k
Install external wall insulation
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install metro freestanding wood burner with wetback
- Alterations and additions$70k
Creating an extra 2 bedroomed unit within the existing home
- Fires and heating$5,000
2 x solid fuel heaters - woodsman Tasman mk ii & woodsman aspen
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$80k
Convert existing gge to sleepout with bathrm
- Relocated buildings$30k
Relocate building to site, new foundations & drainage. Internal alterations & external reclad.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Extension to a three bdrm house, with a new bathrm being installed. Also includes the construction of a new deck & verandah
- Relocated buildings$65k
Relocate building to site, new foundations & drainage. Internal alterations & external reclad.
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Suburbs in National Park
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in National Park?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 20 new homes consented in the Ruapehu District council area, with $12.5m of residential and $6.9m 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.