Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ruatoria
209 new homes were consented in the Gisborne District council area in the year to September 2026, up 34% on the year before. They also consented $40.3m of non-residential building work, down 9% on the year before. Below: 37 consents we hold in Ruatoria, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Gisborne District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Gisborne 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 186 in 2011.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Gisborne 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$10.9m
41 buildings · 1,339 m² new floor area · $7,303/m² new · +3% on the year before
- Education$8.7m
1 building · 1,890 m² new floor area · $3,175/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Offices$6.3m
+156% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$4.2m
2 buildings · 823 m² new floor area · $4,247/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$2.9m
+208% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.8m
18 buildings · 4,206 m² new floor area · $615/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.7m
2 buildings · 1,841 m² new floor area · $1,465/m² new · +3% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$683k
1 building · 76 m² new floor area · $787/m² new · −87% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$646k
−20% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$500k
+8% on the year before
Consents on record in Ruatoria
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 37 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 May 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 heating12
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,500
- Alterations and additions6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $185k
- Relocated buildings6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $115k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $60k
- New homes2
typically $525k
- Insulation1
typically $8,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $400kRbw - alt to existing residence. Internal reconfiguration for living, bathrm, kitchen at lower level, master bdrm, 2 ensuites, bar & bdrm at upper floor. Replacement of existing join 8 Amiria Avenue, Ruatoria
- $30kConnect existing dwg & relocated second-hand portable ablution building to new septic system 67 Tuparoa Road, Ruatoria
- $7,000Install freestanding woodsman serene logfire 1 Te Huinga Avenue, Ruatoria
- $5,000Install freestanding firenzo contessa logfire with wetback 36 Amiria Avenue, Ruatoria
37 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding firenzo contessa logfire with wetback
- Alterations and additions$400k
Rbw - alt to existing residence. Internal reconfiguration for living, bathrm, kitchen at lower level, master bdrm, 2 ensuites, bar & bdrm at upper floor. Replacement of existing join
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install freestanding woodsman serene logfire
- Relocated buildings$30k
Connect existing dwg & relocated second-hand portable ablution building to new septic system
- Relocated buildings$100k
Connect one relocatable cabin & two relocatable cabins with bathrooms to foundations & install septic system & water tank
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding woodsman serene logfire with existing wetback
- Relocated buildings$25k
Relocate sleepout
- Alterations and additions$18k
Remove existing internal load bearing wall & replace with beam
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install inbuilt yunca xander ca logfire
- Alterations and additions$250k
Extension, alterations & additions to existing dwg
- Insulation$8,000
Exemption - insulmax - insulating existing walls.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$60k
Connect existing dwg to foundations & install septic system
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$80k
Install septic system
- New homes$450k
New dwg, install septic system & water tank & install freestanding masport r1200 pedestal logfire
- New homes$600k
New dwg & detached gge
- Fires and heating$3,200
Install freestanding yunca logfire
- Relocated buildings$150k
Connect relocated dwg to foundations, remove internal wall, install septic system & water tank & install freestanding masport MacKenzie r10000 logfire with wetback
- Fires and heating$14k
Install freestanding firenzo topaz rural logfire
- Relocated buildings$180k
Connect relocated dwg to foundations, install septic system & water tank & install freestanding masport r1200 logfire
- Alterations and additions$100k
Reinstatement of fire damaged kitchen including replacement of kitchen window, new kitchen, insulate some exterior walls, bathrm refurbishment, new hwc with laundry fittings & install freestanding woodsman Tarras mkiii logfire
- Alterations and additions$250k
Remove internal wall to create open plan living area, extension to dwg & replace existing timber joinery
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding firenzo vision ag logfire
- Relocated buildings$130k
Relocate dwg & install septic system
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install freestanding woodsman matai ecr mkiii logfire
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install freestanding milan ardore rural logfire
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Suburbs in Ruatoria
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ruatoria?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 209 new homes consented in the Gisborne District council area, with $102m of residential and $40.3m 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.