Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pōrangahau
36 new homes were consented in the Central Hawke's Bay District council area in the year to September 2026, down 22% on the year before. They also consented $9m of non-residential building work, down 4% on the year before. Below: 61 consents we hold in Pōrangahau, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Central Hawke's Bay District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Central Hawke's Bay 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 112 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 — Central Hawke's Bay 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.
- Farm buildings$3.8m
21 buildings · 4,963 m² new floor area · $765/m² new · +125% on the year before
- Education$1.9m
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $4,365/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.6m
3 buildings · 758 m² new floor area · $1,686/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$665k
+56% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$645k
1 building · 79 m² new floor area · $2,532/m² new · −76% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$150k
- Warehouses and storage$135k
1 building · 50 m² new floor area · $1,900/m² new · +1700% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$80k
1 building · 90 m² new floor area · $889/m² new · −96% on the year before
Consents on record in Pōrangahau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 61 from 1 Jul 2019 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 heating17
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- New homes6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $360k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $2,000
- Multiple homes4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $1.6m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts4
typically $64k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $75k
- Fit-outs1
typically $230k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $250k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2mRbw - construction of nine two-storey attached dwgs, each comprising two bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Includes onsite wastewater system & retaining walls. 7 Beach Road, Pōrangahau
- $2mRbw-pbc e2e-5x new dwgs. Lots 1-3 are 3-storey each with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & single gge. Lot 4 is 2 storey with 4 be drooms, 4.5 bathrooms & single gge. Lot 5 is 2 storey with 4 b 12 McHardy Place, Blackhead
- $890kProposed papakainga with 1x3 bdrm residence & 1x duplex 28 Abercromby Street, Pōrangahau
- $190kNew 2 bdrm dwg 5 Puketauhinu Place, Pōrangahau
- $130kRbw - house interior renovation. Relocate ground-floor bar sink. Renovate all bathrm & kitchen fixtures. Remove an external door at the ground-floor laundry room & convert the room to a bdrm. 424 Beach Road, Pōrangahau
61 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$20k
Convert sewing room to ensuite & separate toilet to wardrobe, alt bathrm of dwg
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocation of an existing 75-year-old timber-framed dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$6,000
Foundation & sewer to highlander bathrm unit
- Alterations and additions$60k
Siting a new transportable dwg & connecting to
- Alterations and additions$130k
Rbw - house interior renovation. Relocate ground-floor bar sink. Renovate all bathrm & kitchen fixtures. Remove an external door at the ground-floor laundry room & convert the room to a bdrm.
- Multiple homes$890k
Proposed papakainga with 1x3 bdrm residence & 1x duplex
- New homes$190k
New 2 bdrm dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Install toilet in laundry of dwg
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a new freestanding metro log burner heater &
- New homes$2m
Rbw-pbc e2e-5x new dwgs. Lots 1-3 are 3-storey each with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms & single gge. Lot 4 is 2 storey with 4 be drooms, 4.5 bathrooms & single gge. Lot 5 is 2 storey with 4 b
- Multiple homes$2m
Rbw - construction of nine two-storey attached dwgs, each comprising two bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Includes onsite wastewater system & retaining walls.
- Commercial alterations$250k
Res/farm - gge with a games room, home office & bathrm
- Multiple homes$2.5m
Construction of 6 dwgs with attached garages. Subject to s77 certificate
- Fit-outs$230k
Flood damage fit out an internal remodel housing - detached
- Fires and heating$10k
Install yunca tommi ca fire heating
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Separation of services
- Relocated buildings$50k
Relocate dwg housing - detached
- New homes$250k
Construct a single bdrm dwg on site for later transportation
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Sewer/stormwater separation
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Separation of services
- Pools and spas$5,000
Installation of a swimming pool & barrier, consent for barrier only
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Install pyroclassic mini on wood bin
- Garages, sheds and carports$75k
Build gge
- New homes$1m
Construct four bdrm home with internal access boatshed
- Alterations and additions$400k
Atrium enclosure & minor internal alterations
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Suburbs in Pōrangahau
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pōrangahau?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 36 new homes consented in the Central Hawke's Bay District council area, with $27.3m of residential and $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.