Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Mangatarata
54 new homes were consented in the Hauraki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 50% on the year before. They also consented $16m of non-residential building work, down 21% on the year before. In the statistical area around Mangatarata, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 6 consents we hold in Mangatarata, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Hauraki District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Mangatarata’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Hauraki 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 197 in 2021.
New homes in Mangatarata
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Mangatarata sits in (Hauraki Plains North) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — Hauraki 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.
- Farm buildings$8.6m
24 buildings · 13,896 m² new floor area · $607/m² new · +140% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.9m
4 buildings · 479 m² new floor area · $7,933/m² new · −13% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.8m
3 buildings · 576 m² new floor area · $2,872/m² new · +1% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$730k
1 building · 576 m² new floor area · $608/m² new · +484% on the year before
- Education$460k
−28% on the year before
- Offices$443k
1 building · 97 m² new floor area · $906/m² new
- Shops, restaurants and bars$130k
−57% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−99% on the year before
Consents on record in Mangatarata
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Dec 2021 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 homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $715k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $68k
- Fires and heating1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Relocated buildings1
typically $75k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $700kConstruction of new dwg 11 Spring Road
- $7,000Solid fuel heater - kent Ruapehu clean air
6 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Solid fuel heater - kent Ruapehu clean air
- New homes$700k
Construction of new dwg
- Relocated buildings$75k
Relocated dwg - foundations & site works
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
Gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$81k
Gge
- New homes$730k
New dwg - not attached to others
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Mangatarata
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Mangatarata?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 54 new homes consented in the Hauraki District council area, with $37.1m of residential and $16m 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.