Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ngāruawāhia
677 new homes were consented in the Waikato District council area in the year to September 2026, up 10% on the year before. They also consented $144m of non-residential building work, up 33% on the year before. Below: 517 consents we hold in Ngāruawāhia, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waikato District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waikato 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 1,206 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waikato 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.
- Factories and industrial$44.5m
19 buildings · 36,840 m² new floor area · $1,087/m² new · +248% on the year before
- Education$29.5m
18 buildings · 6,577 m² new floor area · $3,470/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$28.4m
7 buildings · 15,894 m² new floor area · $1,786/m² new · +147% on the year before
- Farm buildings$18.7m
97 buildings · 47,767 m² new floor area · $374/m² new · +10% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$14.3m
8 buildings · 2,178 m² new floor area · $4,449/m² new · +79% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5m
1 building · 1,424 m² new floor area · $3,125/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Offices$2m
4 buildings · 295 m² new floor area · $3,620/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$970k
−12% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$130k
1 building · 120 m² new floor area · $333/m² new · +299% on the year before
Consents on record in Ngāruawāhia
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 517 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.
- New homes83
21 in the last 12 months · typically $500k
- Alterations and additions79
10 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Fires and heating63
18 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports30
4 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Pools and spas20
3 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater14
4 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Relocated buildings9
3 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts7
typically $50k
- Multiple homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.2m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.5m2x 2 storey multi-unit dwgs: - 6x 2 bdrm domestic dwgs - 6x 2 bdrm domestic dwgs 11 Bernard Street, Pukemiro
- $2.2mRbw - six x new two storey dwgs. Lots 1 & 2 each with two bedrooms & one bathrm; lots 3-6 each with four bedrooms, 2.5 ba throoms & attached single gge. New detention tanks. 18 Durham Street, Ngāruawāhia
- $2.1mRbw - construction of a new two-storey detached dwg, which includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms & a laundry. Includes two new water tanks, onsite wastewater system, retaining walls & solid 25 Newton Street, Ngāruawāhia
- $2mRbw - 5x new 2 storey dwgs with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & study. New retaining walls & dual-purpose tanks. 114 Clark Road, Ngāruawāhia
- $1.4mDwg with attached triple gge 145 Old Taupiri Road, Ngāruawāhia
517 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Install toilet in bathrm of dwg
- New homes$750k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$300k
Renovations including reconfiguration of internal walls & rooms, removal of north west veranda & fireplace, reclad & new ex joinery to gable ends
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a new woodsman Totara insert woodburner to replace existing
- New homes$650k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install metro smart insert fire ecan # 102411, no wetback
- Fires and heating$3,000
Installation of a free-standing woodsman ecr novo woodburner & heat saver flue kit
- Alterations and additions$4,790
Rbw - add of a shower in the existing bathrm.
- New homes$1m
Dwg with attached gge
- Relocated buildings$15k
Foundations & connections to services + minor works (relocatable dwg)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Heater
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a freestanding fire, in same location as previous freestanding fire.
- Relocated buildings$75k
Construct basement with gge, foul & stormwater drainage for relocated dwg, install solid fuel burner
- Alterations and additions$1
New dwg amendment 1: details from starke, the manufacturers of the pvc joinery, have been added, & sheets 23 & 24 amended & sheets 28 &29 added. Amendment 2: amendment for the roof/truss layout
- Alterations and additions
Amendment to bco10329415 - amended public ww line position.
- Multiple homes$2.2m
Rbw - six x new two storey dwgs. Lots 1 & 2 each with two bedrooms & one bathrm; lots 3-6 each with four bedrooms, 2.5 ba throoms & attached single gge. New detention tanks.
- New homes$2.1m
Rbw - construction of a new two-storey detached dwg, which includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms & a laundry. Includes two new water tanks, onsite wastewater system, retaining walls & solid
- New homes$911k
Dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$60k
Alterations to the existing laundry, toilet & bathrm areas, new hwc
- Retaining walls$50k
Retaining wall
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$35k
Demoliish existing bathrm & toilet.
- New homes$422k
Construction of new two-storey, res dwg as part
- Fires and heating$5,000
New metro wee rad leg base fireplace housing - detached
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman stag spaceheater
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Suburbs in Ngāruawāhia
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ngāruawāhia?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 677 new homes consented in the Waikato District council area, with $389m of residential and $144m 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.