Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōpōtiki
44 new homes were consented in the Ōpōtiki District council area in the year to September 2026, down 8% on the year before. They also consented $6.7m of non-residential building work, down 45% on the year before. Below: 380 consents we hold in Ōpōtiki, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Ōpōtiki District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Ōpōtiki 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 57 in 1998.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Ōpōtiki 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$5m
3 buildings · 4,608 m² new floor area · $1,074/m² new · +5756% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$1.2m
- Farm buildings$270k
2 buildings · 332 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · +52% on the year before
- Education$174k
−95% on the year before
- Offices$56k
−98% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$10k
−98% on the year before
Consents on record in Ōpōtiki
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 380 from 1 Jul 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.
- Fires and heating68
10 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes65
9 in the last 12 months · typically $519k
- Alterations and additions51
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Garages, sheds and carports27
3 in the last 12 months · typically $42k
- Relocated buildings21
7 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Multiple homes11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $438k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater10
typically $13k
- Pools and spas8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $11k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts4
typically $19k
- Commercial alterations4
typically $130k
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 - five new two-storey attached dwgs. Dw 1 has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, & dw 2 - 5 have 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a single-car gge, & private drainage. Includes timber & keystone ret 3 Rimu Rimu Key, Waiotahe
- $968kNew 3 bdrm dwg with 2 bdrm unit 14 Stewart Street, Ōpōtiki
- $679kSingle level dwg with attached gge 70 Nelson Street, Ōpōtiki
- $600kNew single level dwg with dbl gge 5 Petersen Place, Ōpōtiki
- $554kSingle storey 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge & oset system. 53 Grant Road, Ōpōtiki
380 consents
- Multiple homes$1.8m
Rbw - five new two-storey attached dwgs. Dw 1 has 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, & dw 2 - 5 have 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a single-car gge, & private drainage. Includes timber & keystone ret
- New homes$600k
New single level dwg with dbl gge
- Relocated buildings$15k
Relocation of kitchen within same room. Removal of existing detached dwgs
- New homes$515k
Construct new stell framed dwg with portal framed shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$25k
Convert internal gge to bdrm
- Relocated buildings$150k
Relocation of an existing 3 bdrm (easy build Thames) dwg to new site.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Instal freestanding woodsman serene fireplace
- Relocated buildings$100k
Existing dwg relocated onto site existing dwg with 4 bdrm & dining/kitchen/living area & bathrm to be relocated to vacant site (proposed lot 11)
- Fires and heating$6,000
Remove existing wood-burner & replace with new
- Relocated buildings$31k
Relocate two bdrm dwg amendment 1: we re engineered the foundation design as it was rammed piles foundation we used bigger bearer to drop to 3 rows of bearers rather than 4 . For cost savings
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install ravelli rosa r70 freestanding pellet burner
- Relocated buildings$90k
Relocate 2nd hand 3x bdrm dwg from Saint Heliers, Auckland.
- Relocated buildings$72k
Rbw access, foundations, plumbing / drainage & re-clad for relocated dwg
- New homes$455k
New 3 bedroom dwelling
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replacing SFB with new Metro smart insert SFB
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install fireplace
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
To construct a gge on a shared boundary wall
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install masport solid fuel heater Akaroa mkii
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace existing fireplaces - 2x - tiny rad base fireplace with wetback & wee rad base fireplace
- New homes$554k
Single storey 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge & oset system.
- New homes$95k
Siting of new transportable dwg onsite to timber pile foundation system & associated onsite service connections.
- New homes$679k
Single level dwg with attached gge
- New homes$968k
New 3 bdrm dwg with 2 bdrm unit
- Garages, sheds and carports$53k
Erect block party wall on boundary & new gge to property
- Fires and heating$1
Amendment 4 - removal of the inside fireplace & change of pool barrier
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Ōpōtiki
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōpōtiki?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 44 new homes consented in the Ōpōtiki District council area, with $19.1m of residential and $6.7m 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.