Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Nūhaka
20 new homes were consented in the Wairoa District council area in the year to September 2026, down 65% on the year before. They also consented $4.2m of non-residential building work, down 19% on the year before. Below: 15 consents we hold in Nūhaka, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Wairoa District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Wairoa 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 42 in 2025.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Wairoa 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.
- Education$2.1m
−48% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$800k
1 building · 308 m² new floor area · $2,597/m² new · +167% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$405k
+1520% on the year before
- Farm buildings$335k
7 buildings · 561 m² new floor area · $598/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$210k
+110% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$180k
+800% on the year before
- Offices$80k
−73% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$70k
1 building · 193 m² new floor area · $363/m² new
Consents on record in Nūhaka
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 15 from 1 Jun 2021 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 additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Fires and heating3
typically $5,500
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $173k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $54k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $20k
- Multiple homes1
typically $1.5m
- Relocated buildings1
typically $24k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1The construction of three dwgs & associated infrastructure. Amendment 1: replaced dimond rib 50 with durascape cladding for all 3 dwgs, remove steel portals for all 3 dwgs, revise lvl framing for dwgs 1 & 2, adjust sip details f 5 Te Maara Street, Nūhaka
15 consents
- Alterations and additions$1
The construction of three dwgs & associated infrastructure. Amendment 1: replaced dimond rib 50 with durascape cladding for all 3 dwgs, remove steel portals for all 3 dwgs, revise lvl framing for dwgs 1 & 2, adjust sip details f
- Alterations and additions$150k
Dwg alterations (convert basement to dwg)
- Alterations and additions$30k
This consent is to change a bdrm into a bathrm & add detached dwgs
- Multiple homes$1.5m
The construction of three dwgs & associated infrastructure.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$300k
Foundation & drainage for x5 transportable1 bdrm dwgs to be built in Rotorua, & transported to Raurimu, to be used as commericial visitor accomodation.
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$100k
Partially recladding an existing 2 storey direct fix solid plaster building with rcs finishing system on cavity, replacing an existing balcony with a trapezoidal metal roof, & shortening & capping existing parapets..
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$7,000
Removal of a wall that is strengthened as per the relevant detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install metro wee rad on base woodburner & wall floor protector 910x910mm
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$46k
New wastewater treatment system
- Alterations and additions$55k
Internal alterations - relocation of kitchen installation of new dbl glazed aluminium windows (replacing existing) new drain from kitchen sink to existing gully installation of uv filters
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install blaze king chinook30 freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install solid fuel heater - freestanding yunka mite leg wood burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Repurpose existing gge & carports & construct new kitchen as extension to existing gge
- Relocated buildings$24k
Relocation of a gge
- Fires and heating$5,200
Install solid fuel heater - freestanding metro eco wee rad
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Suburbs in Nūhaka
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Nūhaka?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 20 new homes consented in the Wairoa District council area, with $12.4m of residential and $4.2m 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.