Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Piopio
9 new homes were consented in the Waitomo District council area in the year to September 2026, down 47% on the year before. They also consented $14.2m of non-residential building work, up 127% on the year before. Below: 71 consents we hold in Piopio, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waitomo District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waitomo 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 50 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waitomo 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.
- Offices$9m
1 building · 2,017 m² new floor area · $4,462/m² new · +917% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.3m
8 buildings · 6,229 m² new floor area · $374/m² new · +96% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
+283% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$670k
2 buildings · 230 m² new floor area · $2,826/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$380k
2 buildings · 280 m² new floor area · $714/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$240k
−86% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$50k
- Hotels and motels$45k
−77% on the year before
Consents on record in Piopio
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 71 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jun 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 heating14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,876
- Alterations and additions9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- New homes7
typically $719k
- Relocated buildings6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $78k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $10k
- Insulation2
typically $45k
- Pools and spas2
typically $103k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $54k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $40k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $150k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $90kRenovation of a res house, changing the existing car 25 Esplanade, Marokopa
- $55kProposed relocated dwg with ne 11 Tui Street, Piopio
- $15kExisting sleepout with ensuite, deck & verandah to be 1 Moerua Street, Marokopa
- $6,000Install solid wood fire 1447 Marokopa Road, Marokopa
- $6,000Install masport Hurunui freestanding wood burner onto 33A Kea Street, Piopio
71 consents
- Relocated buildings$55k
Proposed relocated dwg with ne
- Alterations and additions$90k
Renovation of a res house, changing the existing car
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$15k
Existing sleepout with ensuite, deck & verandah to be
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install solid wood fire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install masport Hurunui freestanding wood burner onto
- Insulation$50k
Remove & replace roof. Insulate roof & external walls, internal reburbishment, additional windows
- Fires and heating$8,200
Install solid wood burner
- New homes$719k
Construct a new res 3 bdrm 214.70 sqm dwg
- New homes$537k
Construct a new res 3 bdrm 170.00 sqm dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$10k
Drainage connection for cabin
- Alterations and additions$195k
Proposed living room add to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$5,751
Install solid fuel heater - metro wee rad leg.
- Relocated buildings$100k
Siting of relocated dwg
- Insulation$40k
Remove & replace roof. Insulate roof & external walls, internal reburbishment, additional windows
- Alterations and additions$250k
Full renovation internally & externally. Change internal
- Alterations and additions$80k
Interior renovations detached dwgs
- New homes$464k
Construct a new 3 bdrm 2 bathrm 136.40 square meter
- Alterations and additions$250k
Internal alterations, new kitchen, bathrm & ensuite. New detached dwg
- New homes$1.4m
5 bdrm 2 storey dwg with dbl gge & pool detached dwg
- Alterations and additions$25k
Minor alterations which are mainly internal. Removal of detached dwg
- Relocated buildings$30k
Proposed 2nd hand relocated dwg to site. Add septic.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install solid wood burner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid wood burner heating
- Pools and spas$60k
Installation of permanent pool fencing. (note pool under ancillary
- Fires and heating$6,037
Installation of new yunca xander masonry woodburner. An
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Suburbs in Piopio
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Piopio?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 9 new homes consented in the Waitomo District council area, with $7.8m of residential and $14.2m 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.