Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Okuku
795 new homes were consented in the Waimakariri District council area in the year to September 2026, up 15% on the year before. They also consented $43.2m of non-residential building work, down 37% on the year before. Below: 15 consents we hold in Okuku, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waimakariri District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waimakariri 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 1,248 in 2013.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waimakariri 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$12m
56 buildings · 16,162 m² new floor area · $488/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.1m
7 buildings · 7,203 m² new floor area · $1,245/m² new · +781% on the year before
- Education$6.3m
2 buildings · 1,273 m² new floor area · $2,907/m² new · −44% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$5.4m
2 buildings · 2,398 m² new floor area · $1,793/m² new · −38% on the year before
- Offices$3.7m
3 buildings · 1,191 m² new floor area · $2,964/m² new · +4575% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.3m
−75% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 560 m² new floor area · $559/m² new · −89% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1m
2 buildings · 392 m² new floor area · $885/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$150k
−86% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$50k
Consents on record in Okuku
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 15 from 1 Nov 2022 to 1 Jul 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 heating5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $3,000
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $168k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $3,000
- New homes1
typically $400k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $75kRelocated structure for future dwg 255 foothills Rd Okuku lot 2 dp 449059 255 Foothills Road, Okuku
- $12kTransportable dwg foundation & new wastewater system only 554 foothills Rd Okuku lot 2 dp 375985 554 Foothills Road, Okuku
- $3,000Metro wetback freestanding logburner 183 garrymere Rd Okuku lot 1 183 Garrymere Road, Okuku
- $12 bdrm domestic dwg amendment 1: add of a solid fuel burner 260E Foothills Road, Okuku
15 consents
- Relocated buildings$75k
Relocated structure for future dwg 255 foothills Rd Okuku lot 2 dp 449059
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$12k
Transportable dwg foundation & new wastewater system only 554 foothills Rd Okuku lot 2 dp 375985
- Fires and heating$1
2 bdrm domestic dwg amendment 1: add of a solid fuel burner
- Fires and heating$3,000
Metro wetback freestanding logburner 183 garrymere Rd Okuku lot 1
- Relocated buildings$260k
Relocated dwg with logburner & wastewater system 269 foothills Rd Okuku lot 3 dp 77947
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport leb freestanding logburner 24 inglis Rd Okuku lot 23 dp 333026
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$25k
New wastewater sysyem 363 foothills Rd Okuku lot 1 dp 409900
- Fires and heating$3,000
Metro freestanding leb log burner 661 birch hill Rd Glentui lot 1 dp 460898
- Garages, sheds and carports$14k
Convert part of existing gge into dwg
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport leb freestanding log burner 27 garrymere Rd Okuku lot 6 dp 74608
- Commercial alterations$3,000
Woodsman LEB freestanding log burner in workshop 203 Riverside Rd Okuku Lot 12 DP 403693
- Garages, sheds and carports$81k
Gge 73.44m2 203 Riverside Rd Okuku lot 12 dp 403693
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Gge with attached car port 390 Riverside Rd Okuku lot 7 dp 496475
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Gge 112 m2 210 foothills Rd Okuku lot 6 dp 384823
- New homes$400k
Dwg with logburner 28 inglis Rd Okuku lot 1 dp 566301
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Okuku
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Okuku?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 795 new homes consented in the Waimakariri District council area, with $354m of residential and $43.2m 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.