Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tihiotonga
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 Tihiotonga, 18 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 66 consents we hold in Tihiotonga, 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 Tihiotonga’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 Tihiotonga
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tihiotonga sits in (Ngongotahā Valley) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 16 retirement village units.
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 Tihiotonga
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 66 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Jun 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.
- New homes18
1 in the last 12 months · typically $365k
- Alterations and additions14
3 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
typically $20k
- Fires and heating3
typically $5,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
typically $26k
- Retaining walls1
typically $15k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900k3x transportable, 2 bdrm domestic dwg 12 Henare Place
- $20kUnit 1 to be amended to an accessible unit for public access 12 Henare Place
- $10kReplacing existing shower with new tiled shower 16 Exeter Place
- $5,000Amendment - add of 4 skylights. 12 Henare Place
66 consents
- Alterations and additions$10k
Replacing existing shower with new tiled shower
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Amendment - add of 4 skylights.
- Alterations and additions$20k
Unit 1 to be amended to an accessible unit for public access
- New homes$900k
3x transportable, 2 bdrm domestic dwg
- New homes$680k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$450k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$444k
Transportable, 3 bdrm domestic dwg
- New homes$320k
Construction of 4 x new transportable 1 bdrm domestic
- New homes$426k
Construction of new transportable 4 bdrm dwg
- New homes$290k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$417k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$417k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$290k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$258k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Install shower in existing bathrm
- New homes$290k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- New homes$417k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$15k
Block retaining wall, enclose gge, two carports, & install metro woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
New gge
- Alterations and additions$30k
Bathrm alterations
- Alterations and additions$20k
Bathrm alterations
- New homes$330k
Construction of new transportable 3 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Install grinder pump, remove rab, bracing change
- Alterations and additions$200k
Internal alterations, new joinery & replace cladding
- Alterations and additions$1,000
VB20 batten removed from truss areas
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tihiotonga?
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.