Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōhaupō
564 new homes were consented in the Waipa District council area in the year to September 2026, up 13% on the year before. They also consented $77.7m of non-residential building work, down 35% on the year before. Below: 367 consents we hold in Ōhaupō, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waipa District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waipa 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 913 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waipa 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.
- Warehouses and storage$23.7m
9 buildings · 12,358 m² new floor area · $1,892/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$13.3m
6 buildings · 5,869 m² new floor area · $1,896/m² new · −33% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.9m
64 buildings · 18,003 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +1% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$9.8m
2 buildings · 1,225 m² new floor area · $6,731/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$8m
7 buildings · 2,719 m² new floor area · $2,815/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Offices$7.7m
2 buildings · 936 m² new floor area · $2,762/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.6m
2 buildings · 1,066 m² new floor area · $1,440/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Education$1.8m
−57% on the year before
Consents on record in Ōhaupō
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 367 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 homes54
9 in the last 12 months · typically $650k
- Alterations and additions46
5 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- Fires and heating41
11 in the last 12 months · typically $7,300
- Pools and spas37
2 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Garages, sheds and carports21
3 in the last 12 months · typically $69k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Commercial alterations5
typically $110k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts5
typically $80k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
typically $66k
- Relocated buildings3
2 in the last 12 months · 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
- $1.8mRbw. Construction of four two-storey houses (lots 3-6) in duplex configuration, each dwg has four bedrooms, one kitchen, one living, one dining, & one single gge, 2.5 bathrooms. Intertenancy 15 Great South Road, Ōhaupō
- $1.2mRbw - construction of 4 detached house, each dwg has 4 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 living, 1 dining & 1 single gge, 2.5 bathrooms. 15 Great South Road, Ōhaupō
- $900k260405 - lot 2 - construct new high performance dwg & swimming pool 306 Kaipaki Road, Ōhaupō
- $815k260446 - lot 1 - new single storey 4 bdrm res dwg with attached dbl gge 170 Forkert Road, Ōhaupō
- $800k260365 - lot 6 - construction of a 3 bdrm house with attached gge 333 Lake Road, Ōhaupō
367 consents
- New homes$185k
Construct a minor dwg
- Pools and spas$60k
260681 - lot 1 - construction of new swimming pool complex
- Alterations and additions$160k
260348 - lot 1 - ground floor renovation to bdrm 1 ensuite, bdrm 3 ensuite, main bathrm & utility (gge) bathrm. Associated miscellaneous building work.
- New homes$900k
260405 - lot 2 - construct new high performance dwg & swimming pool
- New homes$815k
260446 - lot 1 - new single storey 4 bdrm res dwg with attached dbl gge
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$145k
260489 - lot 4 - relocate 1960s weatherboard onto new piles, minor dwg, new sewer, stormwater system, building alterations to laundry, kitchen, living
- Alterations and additions$7,000
To install a maxen kinmont 350 fire into dwg
- New homes$800k
260365 - lot 6 - construction of a 3 bdrm house with attached gge
- New homes$350k
260456 - lot 2 - proposed minor dwg with an attached gge.
- Alterations and additions$35k
260457 - renovating existing ensuite. Replacing existing tiled shower with a new tied shower.
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
260453 - lot 1 - new timber framed gge, concrete foundation, plywood & batten external wall cladding, colorsteel 5 rib roof cladding. Aluminium joinery with single glazed windows
- Fires and heating$4,000
260473 - add of freestanding solid fuel fire in lounge (kent Haast)
- Fires and heating$9,000
260338 - lot 1 - installation of metro mega rad leg eco wood fire
- New homes$325k
260370 - lot 1 - build a new 10m x 7m habitable secondary dwg (il2 - timber framing & trusses) with attached, but structurally separated, 8m x 8m non-habitable gge/shed (il1).
- Fires and heating$6,000
260337 - lot 3 - install a new fireplace. Woodsman freestanding multi-fuel burner: the coaster
- Fires and heating$6,000
260392 - lot 2 - installation of freestanding fire box. Hearth. Flue system. Tile flashing & interconnected smoke alarm system
- Fires and heating$5,000
260200 - lot 1 - installation of a free standing sfh - metrofires wee rad woody
- Fires and heating$6,000
260228 - install new metro fire place, with new metro eco flue kit with angle ceiling kit, exsiitng hearth to stay. Tray flashing on roof. New interlinked smoke alarms.
- Fires and heating$4,500
260277 - installing a new metro fire place in place of an existing one that has damage
- New homes$1.2m
Rbw - construction of 4 detached house, each dwg has 4 bedrooms, 1 kitchen, 1 living, 1 dining & 1 single gge, 2.5 bathrooms.
- Multiple homes$1.8m
Rbw. Construction of four two-storey houses (lots 3-6) in duplex configuration, each dwg has four bedrooms, one kitchen, one living, one dining, & one single gge, 2.5 bathrooms. Intertenancy
- New homes$550k
260135 - lot 1 - construction of a 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 living res dwg with attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$8,940
260146 - lot 1 - install firenzo Napier wood burner with leg base onto existing brick floor protection. Fire is being installed into masonry cavity, cap flashing in ceiling space & triple skin exiting through corrugate roofing with pan flashing an
- Fires and heating$9,000
260185 - installation of firenzo contessa freestanding fireplace, flue system & flashings
- Alterations and additions$6,000
250506 - lot 2 - new fire installation
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Suburbs in Ōhaupō
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōhaupō?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 564 new homes consented in the Waipa District council area, with $321m of residential and $77.7m 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.