Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōhura
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: 34 consents we hold in Ōhura, 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 Ōhura
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 34 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 Sep 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.
- Fires and heating11
4 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- New homes5
typically $740k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $73k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $104k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $33k
- Multiple homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $2.4m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.4mRbw - 6 x new attached units, each with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & single gge. New detention tanks 12 Williams Avenue, Ōhura
- $400kRbw - link the two dwgs to create one dwg, with a new entry, passage glass roof, between the two dwgs. New add of a new kitchen & dining room, remove the existing ensuite & cre 25 Tui Street, Ōhura
- $25kBathrm alterations including wet floor 16 Huia Street, Ōhura
- $9,900Housing (detached dwg) - install a new yunca monte leg freestanding woodburner 14 Tawa Street, Ōhura
- $8,000Installation of metro extreme rad leg wood fire 47 Taranui Road, Ōhura
34 consents
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport uleb freestanding logburner 7 kahu St Pegasus lot 601 dp 429165
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of metro extreme rad leg wood fire
- Fires and heating$9,900
Housing (detached dwg) - install a new yunca monte leg freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,100
Installation of metro wee rad base woodfire, standard fluekit, flueshield on ash floor protector
- Multiple homes$2.4m
Rbw - 6 x new attached units, each with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms & single gge. New detention tanks
- Alterations and additions$400k
Rbw - link the two dwgs to create one dwg, with a new entry, passage glass roof, between the two dwgs. New add of a new kitchen & dining room, remove the existing ensuite & cre
- Alterations and additions$25k
Bathrm alterations including wet floor
- Relocated buildings$16k
Relocated laundry to new internal cupboard, new ensuite to
- Alterations and additions$190k
Alterations & additions to existing dwg
- New homes$1.9m
Rbw - 5 x new standalone dbl-storey buildings. 3 bedrooms, 1 en-suite, 1 bathrm, & 1 wc, each lot includes new private drainage, new driveway & gge. Drain bridging & above-ground stormwa
- New homes$740k
3-bdrm dwg with attached gge. Detached dwgs
- Relocated buildings$50k
Relocatable dwg
- New homes$512k
3 bdrm dwg with internal dbl gge dwg
- Fires and heating$5,700
Solid fuel burner - Rata inbuilt kent wood fire
- Alterations and additions$25k
Rbw internal alt to add 2 bedrooms
- Fires and heating$9,000
Installation of a yunca monte multi- fuel being installed with a yunca freestanding flue kit.
- Fires and heating$5,500
Replace woodsman with kent Rata insert
- Fires and heating$9,000
Freestanding metro exo xtreme rad legs fire
- New homes$550k
New four bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
Installing new waste water treatment plant
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install woodsman serene heater in dwg
- Fires and heating$8,500
Fireplace - inbuilt with wetback to replace existing woodburner with new metro smart inbuilt woodburner
- Alterations and additions$1
Changing kitchen layout & exterior ramp changed to steps
- Fires and heating$5,500
Fire installation - freestanding Masport Hurunui
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$120k
Foundation & drainage for new transportable dwg & two accomodation units built under bc in Waikato + gge to be built on site & connected to dwg
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Suburbs in Ōhura
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōhura?
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.