Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Okere Falls
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 Okere Falls, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 55 consents we hold in Okere Falls, 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 Okere Falls’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 Okere Falls
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Okere Falls sits in (Rotoiti-Rotoehu) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 0 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 Okere Falls
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 55 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating13
typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $140k
- New homes4
typically $465k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $12k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $400k
- Retaining walls1
typically $3,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $75kInstallation of new aluminum louvre roof system. 120/53 Te Akau Road
- $49kRelocated dwg 33 Okere Road
55 consents
- Alterations and additions$75k
Installation of new aluminum louvre roof system.
- Relocated buildings$49k
Relocated dwg
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Drainage connection for new laundry, toilet, bathrm facilities
- New homes$450k
New dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
New shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$490k
Three relocated prefab modules to form two-storey dwg & gge slab
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Alt to internal bracing
- Fires and heating$3,500
New woodman solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$200k
Alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install nectre bakers oven freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$8,000
Pyroclassic mini freestanding fire
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$100k
Replace existing deck, re-cladding of 2 elevations, & replacement of aluminium joinery.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Kaituna freestanding fire
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocated dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$200k
Additions & alterations to existing gge
- Alterations and additions$600k
Internal alterations
- Alterations and additions$12k
Replace existing load bearing beam
- Alterations and additions$30k
Bathrm alterations
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Convert gge to subsidiary dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Ffl raised
- Fires and heating$4,500
Masport r1200 freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install metro eco tiny ped f/s woodburner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$14k
Connect to council sewer, install biolytix system & decommission septic tank
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$700k
3 x swimming pools, new deck & pergola
- Alterations and additions$20k
Install bathrm in basement
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Near Okere Falls
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Okere Falls?
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.