Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Marokopa
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. In the statistical area around Marokopa, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 26 consents we hold in Marokopa, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Marokopa’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Marokopa
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Marokopa sits in (Herangi) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 — 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 Marokopa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 26 from 1 Aug 2019 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.
- Alterations and additions6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $85k
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,150
- New homes3
typically $1.2m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $11k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $80k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $54k
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
- $15kExisting sleepout with ensuite, deck & verandah to be 1 Moerua Street
- $6,000Install solid wood fire 1447 Marokopa Road
26 consents
- 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
- Alterations and additions$195k
Proposed living room add to existing dwg
- Alterations and additions$80k
Interior renovations detached dwgs
- 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
- Relocated buildings$30k
Proposed 2nd hand relocated dwg to site. Add septic.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new metro wee rad woodburner & flue. Heating
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$6,000
Install solid fuel heater - warmington studio f/s woodburner & remove old sfh
- New homes$724k
New dwg - 3 bedrooms, 1 study. 2 living areas, 2 detached dwg.
- New homes$1.2m
New dwg with attached gge & install water tank
- Relocated buildings$130k
Relocated house with site excavation housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$54k
Construct a versatile gge. 7.2m long x 4.2m wide, with outbuilding.
- Alterations and additions$25k
Install sewerage system ancillary
- Alterations and additions$50k
New dwg extension consisting of new bdrm, wardrobe detached dwg.
- Fires and heating$5,300
To install a yunca oscar free standing woodburner detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replacement of insert solid fuel fire with a new metro housing - detached
- New homes$450k
New dwg, install woodsman Tarras mkii heater, construct gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
To install a yunca monte free standing wood burner. Detached dwg
- New homes$430k
Erect two storey dwg with attached gge, install rainwater tank
- Pools and spas$15k
Swimming pool fence to comply with f9 ancillary
- Fires and heating$18k
Install a jetmaster 850 l built in woodburner into a zero dwg
- Relocated buildings$404k
Relocate single level greenhaven eco residence on pole res dwg, ...
- Alterations and additions$20k
Add to convert existing 1 bdrm house into larger 1 housing - detached
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Marokopa?
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.