Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ohakune
20 new homes were consented in the Ruapehu District council area in the year to September 2026, down 59% on the year before. They also consented $6.9m of non-residential building work, down 15% on the year before. Below: 361 consents we hold in Ohakune, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Ruapehu District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Ruapehu 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 84 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 — Ruapehu 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$1.9m
3 buildings · 864 m² new floor area · $2,049/m² new · +97% on the year before
- Offices$1.1m
1 building · 454 m² new floor area · $1,982/m² new · +3757% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.1m
1 building · 288 m² new floor area · $1,858/m² new · +1748% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$835k
- Farm buildings$780k
13 buildings · 2,610 m² new floor area · $299/m² new · −6% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$345k
−22% on the year before
- Education$339k
−88% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$285k
1 building · 39 m² new floor area · $3,846/m² new · −88% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$262k
1 building · 48 m² new floor area · $5,208/m² new · −26% on the year before
Consents on record in Ohakune
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 361 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 homes71
9 in the last 12 months · typically $450k
- Fires and heating60
14 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions50
14 in the last 12 months · typically $23k
- Garages, sheds and carports22
2 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater15
5 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Multiple homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $735k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,000
- Commercial alterations4
typically $90k
- Relocated buildings4
typically $55k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs3
typically $35k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.3mR3 - construction of nine two-storey townhouses. 14 Manuka Street, Ohakune
- $2mRbw - lot 1-4, two-storeys detached dwg, including 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1 gge. New proposed retaining walls 5 Tyne Street, Ohakune
- $1.1mRbw. Construction of one two-storey detached dwgs, each comprising six bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, & a dbl internal gge. Includes stormwater tank. 17 Southridge Drive, Ohakune
- $971kConstruction of a new dwg, generally to nzbc &nzs`s. 18 Willow Lane, Ohakune
- $868kRbw - construction of one two-storey dwg, comprising 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 toilet & dbl internal gge. Includes retaining walls & pool fencing. 43 Kowhai Crescent, Ohakune
361 consents
- Multiple homes$2.3m
R3 - construction of nine two-storey townhouses.
- Alterations and additions$700k
R2 - add & alt to two-storey detached dwg. Additon on ground floor & full house renovation
- Fires and heating$13k
Alt to dwg - installation of a rika filo freestanding dry pellet burner cac 165121
- Multiple homes$539k
Rbw - lot 160 (master of 161-bco10415454) new one storey duplex dwg. Includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms, 1 wc, living, dining, kitchen, laundry in internal one car gge, stormwater tank.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$150k
Construction of private driveway & private stormwater (including private stormwater treatment devices for driveway), wastewater, & water supply for 9 units, 3 relocatable
- Insulation$5,000
Removing a wall & adding a beam. Build new wall. Insulate some external walls
- Alterations and additions$30k
Turning bedrooms 3 & 4 into a master bdrm with ensuite & wardrobe. Taking out wall between bedrooms 3 & 4. Adding new walls by ensuite & wardrobe.
- Alterations and additions$100k
Alt to dwg - add of laundry & bdrm with ensuite
- New homes$2m
Rbw - lot 1-4, two-storeys detached dwg, including 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 1 gge. New proposed retaining walls
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$60k
Foundation & drainage for a new 4 bdrm, 2 bathrooms dwg with a freestanding metro Ltd rad plus solid fuel burner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$3,000
Sewer conection for 30m2 tiny home.
- Alterations and additions$54k
Construct a level entry shower & install a new hot water cylinder
- Pools and spas$125k
Construction of an in-ground pool & associate pool
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Inbuilt masport Rangitata bevelled sfh
- Alterations and additions$20k
Alterations to dwg - add of partition wall between bedrooms 3 & 4, wc, & installation of woodsman serene (uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 194586
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Totalspan shed 10.5m x 8m 3.2m
- Fires and heating$5,800
Install freestanding metro extreme rad with legs 200-1160
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of freestanding woodsman Tarras wood burner . No wetback
- Fires and heating$5,500
Installation of freestanding metro mega rad wood fire with wetback
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Fire install
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a firenzo contessa free standing woodfire
- New homes$868k
Rbw - construction of one two-storey dwg, comprising 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 toilet & dbl internal gge. Includes retaining walls & pool fencing.
- New homes$370k
To construct one 105 m2 three-bdrm, timber floor, plywood & metal clad exterior, light weight gable type roof, single level dwg. Dwg to have one deck to the northern end of the building. No gge
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install a metro wee rad pedestal freestanding wood fire with new wetback & flue.
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Suburbs in Ohakune
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ohakune?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 20 new homes consented in the Ruapehu District council area, with $12.5m of residential and $6.9m 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.