Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ngahere
49 new homes were consented in the Grey District council area in the year to September 2026, down 35% on the year before. They also consented $12.7m of non-residential building work, down 56% on the year before. Below: 12 consents we hold in Ngahere, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Grey District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Grey 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 107 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 — Grey 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.
- Offices$4m
−27% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.6m
21 buildings · 6,386 m² new floor area · $566/m² new · +87% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,191 m² new floor area · $1,738/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 184 m² new floor area · $5,163/m² new · +139% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$979k
3 buildings · 801 m² new floor area · $1,186/m² new · −15% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$280k
1 building · 47 m² new floor area · $1,702/m² new · −98% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$180k
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $952/m² new · −49% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$67k
−93% on the year before
Consents on record in Ngahere
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Aug 2021 to 1 Jun 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.
- Alterations and additions3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,000
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $482k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $100k
- Fit-outs1
typically $450k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $65k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $482kNew 3 bdrm dwg with woodsman serene petite fire constructed off site at 12 henare drive, Rolleston, canterbury all under one combined building consent. , Ngahere
- $105kThe installation of a gravel raft, reinforced concrete slab, & kiwispan light gauge steel shed. 7 Pukaki Avenue, Ngahere
- $7,000Two new heating appliances 2362 State Highway 7, Ngahere
- $5,000Woodsman rmf & flue installation - dry 2953 State Highway 7, Ngahere
12 consents
- Alterations and additions$105k
The installation of a gravel raft, reinforced concrete slab, & kiwispan light gauge steel shed.
- New homes$482k
New 3 bdrm dwg with woodsman serene petite fire constructed off site at 12 henare drive, Rolleston, canterbury all under one combined building consent.
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Two new heating appliances
- Fires and heating$5,000
Woodsman rmf & flue installation - dry
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$100k
Placement of a prefabricated home on new timber piles, decking, stairs & base boards to be added on site, connection to new site services
- Fires and heating$4,000
Fire & flue installation - yunca
- Fires and heating$3,500
Install solid fuel burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Erect a 7.2 x 6 gge
- Fit-outs$450k
Fit out & extend existing shed to
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Install the coaster multifuel fire to a domestic dwg
- New homes$510k
Construct dwg with attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$50
Install yunca monte multifuel burner
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Suburbs in Ngahere
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ngahere?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 49 new homes consented in the Grey District council area, with $34.2m of residential and $12.7m 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.