Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tiakitahuna
417 new homes were consented in the Palmerston North City council area in the year to September 2026, up 4% on the year before. They also consented $188m of non-residential building work, up 8% on the year before. In the statistical area around Tiakitahuna, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 14 consents we hold in Tiakitahuna, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Palmerston North City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Tiakitahuna’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Palmerston North City, 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 557 in 2021.
New homes in Tiakitahuna
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tiakitahuna sits in (Kauwhata) — 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 — Palmerston North City, 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.
- Hospitals and health$64.2m
5 buildings · 7,143 m² new floor area · $7,505/m² new · +1060% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$52.7m
11 buildings · 22,704 m² new floor area · $1,847/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Offices$22.5m
5 buildings · 3,808 m² new floor area · $5,329/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.9m
8 buildings · 3,701 m² new floor area · $3,791/m² new · +275% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$15.1m
3 buildings · 612 m² new floor area · $9,150/m² new · −20% on the year before
- Education$5.2m
3 buildings · 784 m² new floor area · $4,809/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5.2m
3 buildings · 1,312 m² new floor area · $2,607/m² new · +255% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3m
2 buildings · −80% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.6m
11 buildings · 5,139 m² new floor area · $500/m² new · +27% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$85k
+42% on the year before
Consents on record in Tiakitahuna
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 14 from 1 Jan 2020 to 1 May 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 heating5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $9,500
- Alterations and additions3
typically $10k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $165k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $14k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $18k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $165kDemolition of existing deck/verandah. New office & living space extension to existing dwg. 102 Jackeytown Road
- $5,000Install new metro wee rad freestanding woodburner 133 Jackeytown Road
14 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new metro wee rad freestanding woodburner
- Commercial alterations$165k
Demolition of existing deck/verandah. New office & living space extension to existing dwg.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$18k
To relocate 42m2 sleepout to site as per site plan - foundations & stormwater only
- Fires and heating$5,111
Replacement of existing freestanding masport fireplace with new freestanding masport Waimakariri fireplace
- Fires and heating$9,600
Install freestanding masport Hurunui ash pan wood fire in the family room. Replacing existing wood fire.
- Fires and heating$9,500
Install a firenzo kompact deco insert wood fire into existing masonry chimney
- Fires and heating$12k
New wagener butler multi fuel freestanding wood burner with 6kw wet back
- Alterations and additions$10k
P2 - install new intermediate beam & moved existing fire place##p1 - proposed house alt (new master bdrm & ensuite)
- Alterations and additions$60k
Proposed house alt (new master bdrm & ensuite)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$14k
Connect to council sewer, install biolytix system & decommission septic tank
- Alterations and additions$7,200
Installation of yunce monte multifuel fire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Create ensuite bathrm with new fixtures & associated plumbing & drainage
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Internal alt, replacement of walls with new lintels & pile
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new Yunca Monte & flue.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tiakitahuna?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 417 new homes consented in the Palmerston North City council area, with $215m of residential and $188m 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.