Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ruakākā
450 new homes were consented in the Whangarei District council area in the year to September 2026, up 18% on the year before. They also consented $144m of non-residential building work, up 97% on the year before. Below: 234 consents we hold in Ruakākā, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whangarei District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whangarei 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 964 in 2022.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Whangarei 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.
- Offices$35m
8 buildings · 8,875 m² new floor area · $3,529/m² new · +228% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$23.8m
4 buildings · 4,165 m² new floor area · $4,778/m² new · +231% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$19m
1 building · 2,380 m² new floor area · $7,983/m² new · +4122% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$19m
6 buildings · 12,895 m² new floor area · $1,466/m² new · +59% on the year before
- Education$18.7m
9 buildings · 2,217 m² new floor area · $1,628/m² new · −26% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$12.5m
3 buildings · 592 m² new floor area · $5,380/m² new · +1291% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$6.3m
1 building · 1,165 m² new floor area · $3,863/m² new · +974% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.6m
4 buildings · 3,253 m² new floor area · $1,460/m² new · −42% on the year before
- Farm buildings$4.6m
31 buildings · 5,859 m² new floor area · $768/m² new · −24% on the year before
Consents on record in Ruakākā
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 234 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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.
- Alterations and additions43
6 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- New homes40
11 in the last 12 months · typically $485k
- Relocated buildings22
1 in the last 12 months · typically $88k
- Garages, sheds and carports13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs8
typically $60k
- Pools and spas7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $7,500
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $120k
- Multiple homes4
typically $1.6m
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $37k
- Fires and heating2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $840kNew dwg & new minor dwg 10 Anbrue Lane, Ruakākā
- $600kAlterations to existing dwg - re-clad & structural alterations 153 Bream Bay Drive, Ruakākā
- $566kNew dwg 77 Tamure Place, Ruakākā
- $544kNew dwg 69 Tamure Place, Ruakākā
- $490kRbw - new 3 storey, 5 bdrm, 3.5 bathrm, 3 living area, house with gge-workshop & lift clad in linea weatherboard & cedar cladding with longrun roofing, utilising existing floor slab & fo 5 Seaview Road, Ruakākā
234 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$55k
Bathrm renovation: the toilet was separated into its own room the door to the bathrm was reposi
- New homes$490k
Rbw - new 3 storey, 5 bdrm, 3.5 bathrm, 3 living area, house with gge-workshop & lift clad in linea weatherboard & cedar cladding with longrun roofing, utilising existing floor slab & fo
- New homes$322k
Construction of a three bdrm, two bathrm, 1 living room with dbl attached gge
- Alterations and additions$250k
Alt to existing dwg - new kitchen, joinery, cladding, bedrooms & laundry for ground floor res unit
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$450k
Additions & alterations to existing storage barn - convert to dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal re arrangement in existing
- New homes$350k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- Pools and spas$75k
New swimming pool & fence
- New homes$160k
New dwg
- New homes$350k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- New homes$350k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- New homes$350k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- New homes$350k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 3
- Relocated buildings$90k
Relocation of new dwg
- New homes$566k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$4,897
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alt to existing dwg - ensuite
- New homes$544k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$60k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg. Extension to living room, deck & new joinery
- New homes$840k
New dwg & new minor dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$600k
Alterations to existing dwg - re-clad & structural alterations
- Alterations and additions$80k
Additions/alterations - bathrm renovation & enclosure of a covered exterior entry
- Multiple homes$2m
Three x terraced 3 level apartments
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Suburbs in Ruakākā
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ruakākā?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 450 new homes consented in the Whangarei District council area, with $283m of residential and $144m 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.