Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waitakaruru
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 Waitakaruru, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 20 consents we hold in Waitakaruru, 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 Waitakaruru’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 Waitakaruru
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Waitakaruru 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 Waitakaruru
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 20 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Dec 2025. 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 additions5
typically $11k
- Fires and heating3
typically $6,000
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $83k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $200k
- Insulation1
typically $7,000
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $20k
- New homes1
typically $1.3m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $100kShed & workshop with washroom 2 Mead Road
20 consents
- Commercial alterations$100k
Shed & workshop with washroom
- Fires and heating$6,400
Solid fuel heater - metro wee rad woody
- Fires and heating$6,000
Solid fuel heater - masport r1200 woodfire
- Relocated buildings$200k
Relocated dwg - foundation & site works only
- New homes$1.3m
Dwg with attached dependant persons dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$20k
Add a bathrm for a sleep out.
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment to bc221143: minor structural changes/substitutions
- Commercial alterations$65k
New gge with workshop / storage, & a bathrm. Not to be used as a habitable space.
- Alterations and additions$5,400
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$100k
Dwg alterations & additions
- Alterations and additions$15k
Resited dwg
- Insulation$7,000
Install insulmax wall insulation
- Alterations and additions$11k
Existing dwg alts
- Fires and heating$4,000
Solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$30k
Existing dwg alts
- Fires and heating$5,327
Solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
Alterations & additions to dwg & replace gge (r1)(r3 founda)
- Alterations and additions$36k
Internal bathrm alt (r1)
- Fires and heating$3,000
Solid fuel heater - woodsman ecr novo (r1)
- Alterations and additions$90k
Alterations to dwg (r1)
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Near Waitakaruru
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waitakaruru?
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.