Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōtorohanga
16 new homes were consented in the Ōtorohanga District council area in the year to September 2026, down 50% on the year before. They also consented $37.5m of non-residential building work, up 417% on the year before. Below: 295 consents we hold in Ōtorohanga, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Ōtorohanga District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Ōtorohanga 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 74 in 2006.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Ōtorohanga 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.
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$25.3m
9 buildings · 3,300 m² new floor area · $6,345/m² new · +21174% on the year before
- Farm buildings$7.5m
27 buildings · 15,387 m² new floor area · $428/m² new · +117% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1.3m
1 building · 478 m² new floor area · $2,500/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
+103% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.1m
3 buildings · 1,002 m² new floor area · $1,091/m² new · +8427% on the year before
- Offices$730k
1 building · 166 m² new floor area · $4,217/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$240k
1 building · 29 m² new floor area · $6,897/m² new · +380% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$209k
+450% on the year before
Consents on record in Ōtorohanga
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 295 from 25 Jan 2002 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 heating52
12 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions44
9 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- New homes34
6 in the last 12 months · typically $494k
- Garages, sheds and carports19
3 in the last 12 months · typically $33k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Relocated buildings6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $110k
- Multiple homes5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.9m
- Pools and spas4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $84k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening4
typically $65k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $7.8mRbw - proposed 29 terraced units with accessway, parking, private drainage & retaining walls. Block a: 3 levels (units 1-6) with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc, dining/living, kitchen & single gara 44 Ireland Road, Ōtorohanga
- $3mStage 1 of intended 3 stages. Irest - new 7-level mixed use building with basement, offices & seven res apartments. Super structure, including piles, ground beams, basement slabs, shotcrete 44 Ireland Road, Ōtorohanga
- $560kConstruct a new res 3 bdrm 203.4 sqm dwg 2 Craig Lane, Ōtorohanga
- $500kDemolition of existing dwg & construction a new 3 detached dwg 40A Te Kawa Street, Ōtorohanga
- $500kNew dwg detached dwg 39 Thomson Avenue, Ōtorohanga
295 consents
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$126k
To construct a gge sleepout
- Alterations and additions$120k
Alt of existing bathrm to create level entry shower
- Commercial alterations$91k
Construction of a gge workshop
- Fires and heating$11k
Install new nectre big bakers oven freestanding fire &
- Relocated buildings$70k
Relocation of an existing single storey timber-framed dwg
- Alterations and additions$30k
Ensuite add to existing res dwg.
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install wood burner fire in living area - Ltd xtreme rad
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of a firenzo layd kitchener uleb woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new metro eco tiny rad freestanding solid fuel heater
- New homes$485k
Dwg with attached gge 11 merrin St Kaiapoi lot 362 dp 623830
- Retaining walls$100
Retaining wall detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$1,000
Additional bay to be closed in shed footprint & location outbuilding
- Fires and heating$8,500
Replace existing wood burner & install new wood burner the
- New homes$232k
Dwg with attached gge 10 merrin St Kaiapoi lot 385 dp 623830
- New homes$500k
Demolition of existing dwg & construction a new 3 detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$80k
Lounge extension & new ensuite detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Bdrm conversion block & ensuite. Detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$150k
Removing existing cladding, adding new rigid barrier cavity
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install kent logfire ii insert woodburner into existing
- Alterations and additions$11k
Toliet & shower added to laundry & wall added to make
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Add of toilet to existing bathrm
- Relocated buildings$200k
Relocate existing dwg & relocate the position of the
- New homes$50k
New dbl gge detached dwg
- New homes$560k
Construct a new res 3 bdrm 203.4 sqm dwg
- Fires and heating$7,500
Installation of new woodman Tasman fire place, flue kit,
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Suburbs in Ōtorohanga
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōtorohanga?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 16 new homes consented in the Ōtorohanga District council area, with $16.7m of residential and $37.5m 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.