Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Onewhero
677 new homes were consented in the Waikato District council area in the year to September 2026, up 10% on the year before. They also consented $144m of non-residential building work, up 33% on the year before. In the statistical area around Onewhero, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 60 consents we hold in Onewhero, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waikato District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Onewhero’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waikato 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 1,206 in 2021.
New homes in Onewhero
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Onewhero sits in (Onewhero) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waikato 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.
- Factories and industrial$44.5m
19 buildings · 36,840 m² new floor area · $1,087/m² new · +248% on the year before
- Education$29.5m
18 buildings · 6,577 m² new floor area · $3,470/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$28.4m
7 buildings · 15,894 m² new floor area · $1,786/m² new · +147% on the year before
- Farm buildings$18.7m
97 buildings · 47,767 m² new floor area · $374/m² new · +10% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$14.3m
8 buildings · 2,178 m² new floor area · $4,449/m² new · +79% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5m
1 building · 1,424 m² new floor area · $3,125/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Offices$2m
4 buildings · 295 m² new floor area · $3,620/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$970k
−12% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$130k
1 building · 120 m² new floor area · $333/m² new · +299% on the year before
Consents on record in Onewhero
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 60 from 1 Aug 2019 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 heating16
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,613
- New homes10
3 in the last 12 months · typically $658k
- Alterations and additions6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Retaining walls2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $75k
- Pools and spas2
typically $15k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $90k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $18k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $120k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.2mDwg with attached dbl gge 24 Kaipo Heights Drive
- $700kDwg, new septic system & water tanks 17 Kaipo Heights Drive
- $600kDwg with attached dbl gge 18 Kaipo Heights Drive
- $350kConstruct 2 bdrm add to existing dwg & construct a new timber pole shed with attached sleepout 74A Onewhero-Tuakau Bridge Road
- $85kInternal alterations to existing dwg, consisting of removing load bearing walls & installing a heater 17 Hall Road
60 consents
- Retaining walls$49k
Replacement engineered timber pole retaining wall. Approximate total retained length: 16.8m, maximum retained height: 2.5m, timber poles at 1.2m centres (per se1846 rev a)
- Alterations and additions$75k
Rbw - internal alt to dbl storey dwg- ground floor: converting existing bdrm & living area to new kitchen, dining, relocating washroom, study, laundry, & private drainage. Upper
- New homes$600k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$350k
Construct 2 bdrm add to existing dwg & construct a new timber pole shed with attached sleepout
- Alterations and additions$85k
Internal alterations to existing dwg, consisting of removing load bearing walls & installing a heater
- New homes$700k
Dwg, new septic system & water tanks
- New homes$1.2m
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$6,649
Heater
- Pools and spas$20k
Installation of swimming pool fence (proposed swimming pool under 35,000 litres, exempt work, no part of this consent.
- New homes$658k
Dwg
- Fires and heating$7,300
Heater
- New homes$900k
Dwg with attached gge & a detached shed
- New homes$841k
Dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,400
Heater
- Fires and heating$7,250
Heater - esse bakeheart & warmheart wood fire cooking stove
- Fires and heating$6,577
Heater - maxen kinmont 450
- New homes$657k
Erect a two-storey three-bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge.
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment -alt building consent to include the change of foundation design to maxraft floor slab on hardfill, change of deck construction, change of roof framing for skylights deleted, change of interior linings, alt location of building on site
- Pools and spas$10k
Pool fencing
- Relocated buildings$50k
Proposed 2nd hand relocated building connection of building to foundation & services, new hot water cylinder system, add septic & stormwater system, new retaining wall.
- Retaining walls$50k
Slip remediation timber retaining wall
- Multiple homes$750k
2 new dwgs (1 main, 1 minor)
- Alterations and additions$200k
Internal alterations, relocated kitchen, bathrm & laundry. 5 new windows. Removal of bay window
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of a new firenzo stella uleb freestanding solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$3,950
Heater
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Onewhero?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 677 new homes consented in the Waikato District council area, with $389m of residential and $144m 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.