Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ohinemutu
457 new homes were consented in the Rotorua District council area in the year to September 2026, up 1% on the year before. They also consented $66.9m of non-residential building work, up 43% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ohinemutu, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 8 consents we hold in Ohinemutu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Rotorua District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ohinemutu’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Rotorua 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 678 in 2024.
New homes in Ohinemutu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ohinemutu sits in (Kuirau) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 houses, 1 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 — Rotorua 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.
- Hotels and motels$27.7m
1 building · 253 m² new floor area · $2,372/m² new · +278% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$10.1m
4 buildings · 3,656 m² new floor area · $1,550/m² new · +54% on the year before
- Education$7.2m
5 buildings · 951 m² new floor area · $4,601/m² new · −30% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$6.5m
1 building · 51 m² new floor area · $3,412/m² new · +1323% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.2m
5 buildings · 232 m² new floor area · $4,483/m² new · +181% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.9m
23 buildings · 7,548 m² new floor area · $477/m² new · +11% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.5m
−40% on the year before
- Offices$1.8m
1 building · 143 m² new floor area · $5,245/m² new · +34% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$93k
1 building · 30 m² new floor area · $1,567/m² new · −99% on the year before
Consents on record in Ohinemutu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 Dec 2025. 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.
- New homes1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.3m
- Alterations and additions1
typically $10k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $80k
- Insulation1
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.3mNew dwg 3 Kingi Street
8 consents
- New homes$1.3m
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$10k
Change from acrylic to tiled showers, reduce lower-level window sizes & change subfloor fire rated lining to basement
- Insulation$50k
Replace wall cladding & new wall insulation
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Convert gge to sleep-out with bathrm, alterations to bathrooms
- Fires and heating$6,000
Metro ultra wee rad f/s woodburner
- Fires and heating$6,000
Woodsman serene f/s woodburner on wetback with hearth
- Alterations and additions$80k
Re-fit internal linings & new bathrooms to 2x flats
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace with woodsman serene f/s woodburner
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Near Ohinemutu
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ohinemutu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 457 new homes consented in the Rotorua District council area, with $193m of residential and $66.9m 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.