Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaituna
203 new homes were consented in the Marlborough District council area in the year to September 2026, up 16% on the year before. They also consented $127m of non-residential building work, up 122% on the year before. In the statistical area around Kaituna, 9 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 368 consents we hold in Kaituna, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Marlborough District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Kaituna’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Marlborough 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 487 in 2007.
New homes in Kaituna
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kaituna sits in (Tuamarina) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 7 houses, 2 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 — Marlborough 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.
- Education$46m
2 buildings · 4,872 m² new floor area · $2,165/m² new · +471% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$45.8m
4 buildings · 8,086 m² new floor area · $5,349/m² new · +7915% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$9.8m
3 buildings · 5,588 m² new floor area · $1,339/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6.6m
7 buildings · 1,131 m² new floor area · $1,387/m² new · +14% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5.9m
2 buildings · 772 m² new floor area · $2,497/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4.9m
3 buildings · 759 m² new floor area · $6,251/m² new · +118% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.1m
40 buildings · 5,993 m² new floor area · $507/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.4m
−54% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
2 buildings · 237 m² new floor area · $4,979/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$700k
−46% on the year before
Consents on record in Kaituna
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 368 from 1 Jan 2020 to 1 Aug 2024. 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.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $15k
- Pools and spas1
typically $70k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
368 consents
- Pools and spas$70k
Swimming pool & fencing
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Plumbing & drainage
- Fires and heating$4,500
Free-standing woodsman Brunner mk ii log fire
- Garages, sheds and carports$45k
Gge
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Garage/Shed
- Pools and spas
Internal Alteration - Remove Bathroom Wall, Install Vanity and Spa Bath
- New homes
Dwelling
- New homes
Dwelling and Metro Pioneer Log Fire
- New homes
Dwelling with Attached Garage and Log Fire
- Commercial alterations
New Administration Building, Relocate and Alter Existing Administration Building and Shed
- Fires and heating
Deviation to BC981787 - Toilet in Implement Shed Plus Oil Burner in Dwelling
- Commercial alterations
Garage (Amendment to BC001221)
- Farm buildings
Implement Shed
- Commercial alterations
Steel Framed Boiler House
- Commercial alterations
Storage Shed
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage Plus Garaport
- Fires and heating
Free Standing Metro Extreme Log Fire
- Commercial alterations
Plumbing and Drainage Work For Stage 1
- Garages, sheds and carports
Storage Shed
- Relocated buildings
Relocate Family Flat and Two Sheds
- Garages, sheds and carports
Garage
- New homes
Dwelling
- New homes
Dwelling and Garage
- Demolition
Demolition of Existing Dwelling
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Near Kaituna
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaituna?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 203 new homes consented in the Marlborough District council area, with $116m of residential and $127m 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.