Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Ōpunake
Councils consented $32.5m of non-residential building work in the South Taranaki District council area in the year to September 2026, down 22% on the year before. Below: 5 commercial consents we hold in Ōpunake, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the South Taranaki District council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — South Taranaki 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$11.3m
60 buildings · 17,849 m² new floor area · $621/m² new · +72% on the year before
- Education$6.8m
+66% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.5m
1 building · −75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 990 m² new floor area · $4,545/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.9m
1 building · 221 m² new floor area · $1,434/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$467k
1 building · 114 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · +49% on the year before
- Offices$355k
−14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$214k
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Ōpunake
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 5 from 1 Aug 2022 to 1 Aug 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.
- Commercial alterations5
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
5 consents
- Commercial alterations$20k
New kitchen & bathrm facilities to existing building commercial
- Commercial alterations$60k
New res workshop
- Commercial alterations$1
Amendment: change to thermal envelope to only include bathrm & office
- Commercial alterations$280k
Add of third bdrm & office to dwg
- Commercial alterations$50k
Steel-framed engineered workshop
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Ōpunake
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōpunake?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 65 new homes consented in the South Taranaki District council area, with $48.3m of residential and $32.5m 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.