Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Toatoa
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. In the statistical area around Toatoa, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 7 consents we hold in Toatoa, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Toatoa’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Toatoa
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Toatoa sits in (Oponae) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — 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 Toatoa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 7 from 1 Oct 2019 to 1 Sep 2025. 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 heating3
typically $6,000
- New homes2
typically $359k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
7 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of metrofire wee rad - leg fireplace
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of new fireplace & flue
- New homes$186k
New 2 bdrm home built on driven piles including a carport & wood burner
- New homes$532k
To supply & build a new 3 bdrm home.
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install masport r3000 freestanding woodfire
- Alterations and additions$15k
Single level dwg - building work for upgrade relating to certificate of acceptance application
- Relocated buildings$202k
Relocate home, two level home, build add to home, instal fireplace, erect gge, instal septic tank
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Near Toatoa
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Toatoa?
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.