Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Pungarehu
65 new homes were consented in the South Taranaki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 3% on the year before. They also consented $32.5m of non-residential building work, down 22% on the year before. Below: 7 consents we hold in Pungarehu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the South Taranaki District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, South Taranaki 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 100 in 2007.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — South Taranaki 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$11.3m
60 buildings · 17,849 m² new floor area · $621/m² new · +72% on the year before
- Education$6.8m
+66% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.5m
1 building · −75% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 990 m² new floor area · $4,545/m² new · +145% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.9m
1 building · 221 m² new floor area · $1,434/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$467k
1 building · 114 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · +49% on the year before
- Offices$355k
−14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$214k
Consents on record in Pungarehu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 7 from 1 Aug 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 heating2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $8,863
- Retaining walls1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1
- Relocated buildings1
typically $200k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $11kInstall firenza contessa f/stdg logfire connected to existing wetback 6388 South Road, Pungarehu
- $1Amendment 1: retaining existing wall relocated unit pg 7b. Relocate bracing unit gs2-nom/1.8 in retained existing wall pg 8b. Upgrade exterior cladding from direct fix shadowclad to innova duragroove on cavity pg11b-14b 6493 South Road, Pungarehu
7 consents
- Retaining walls$1
Amendment 1: retaining existing wall relocated unit pg 7b. Relocate bracing unit gs2-nom/1.8 in retained existing wall pg 8b. Upgrade exterior cladding from direct fix shadowclad to innova duragroove on cavity pg11b-14b
- Fires and heating$11k
Install firenza contessa f/stdg logfire connected to existing wetback
- Relocated buildings$200k
Establish a relocatable building adjacent to existing & link with new building work
- Fires and heating$6,325
Install fisher hanmer clean air freestanding logfire
- Fires and heating$4,776
Install jayline fr300 f/stdg logfire with wetback
- Alterations and additions$3,311
Certificate of acceptance: new level entry shower
- Fires and heating$3,638
Install metro wee rad f/stdg logfire
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Pungarehu
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Pungarehu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 65 new homes consented in the South Taranaki District council area, with $48.3m of residential and $32.5m 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.