Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pongaroa
33 new homes were consented in the Tararua District council area in the year to September 2026, up 50% on the year before. They also consented $17.9m of non-residential building work, up 222% on the year before. Below: 12 consents we hold in Pongaroa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Tararua District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Tararua 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 71 in 1991.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Tararua 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$9.5m
1 building · 1,170 m² new floor area · $8,120/m² new · +694% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3m
23 buildings · 4,758 m² new floor area · $511/m² new · +256% on the year before
- Education$2.3m
+7% on the year before
- Offices$1.4m
1 building · 165 m² new floor area · $2,727/m² new
- Factories and industrial$1.3m
+205% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$349k
1 building · 93 m² new floor area · $1,720/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$25k
Consents on record in Pongaroa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 Dec 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 heating4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,750
- Alterations and additions3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- New homes2
typically $440k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $60k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $60kThe existing dwg on site to be 7 Tui Street, Pongaroa
- $25kBathrm renovation including new wet area shower new vanity & new floor & wall linings 7 Tui Street, Pongaroa
- $8,000Free standing fire - masport Wanaka freestanding fire 10844 Route 52, Pongaroa
- $7,500Install inbuilt yunca xander logfire 10 Tui Street, Pongaroa
12 consents
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install inbuilt yunca xander logfire
- Alterations and additions$25k
Bathrm renovation including new wet area shower new vanity & new floor & wall linings
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing fire - masport Wanaka freestanding fire
- Alterations and additions$60k
The existing dwg on site to be
- Fires and heating$9,000
Metro xtreme rad freestanding fire
- New homes$474k
New dwg with attached gge
- New homes$406k
New dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$3,000
Masport uleb freestanding log burner 11 Akaroa St Kaiapoi lot 2 dp 70014
- Relocated buildings$60k
Siting, Foundations and Services for Relocated Dwelling Plus Small Area Addition
- Alterations and additions$280k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - new extension to rear of dwg consisting of new laundry, kitchen, scullery, dining & living with new gable trussed roof, new gas fire & hot water califont
- Alterations and additions$40k
Dwg - relocation
- New homes$200k
Dwg (re-located on to property)
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Pongaroa
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pongaroa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 33 new homes consented in the Tararua District council area, with $24.1m of residential and $17.9m 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.