Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ruawai
124 new homes were consented in the Kaipara District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $40.8m of non-residential building work, up 45% on the year before. Below: 28 consents we hold in Ruawai, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kaipara District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kaipara 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 267 in 2016.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Kaipara 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.
- Hospitals and health$11.9m
2 buildings · 1,200 m² new floor area · $9,583/m² new
- Education$10.9m
6 buildings · 1,315 m² new floor area · $5,798/m² new · +514% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$7m
1 building · 172 m² new floor area · $3,285/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.8m
29 buildings · 18,488 m² new floor area · $312/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
+26% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
1 building · 94 m² new floor area · $15,957/m² new · −81% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$746k
−74% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$350k
2 buildings · 155 m² new floor area · $1,935/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Offices$130k
−95% on the year before
Consents on record in Ruawai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 28 from 1 Oct 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 heating11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $9,000
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $150k
- Alterations and additions3
typically $45k
- Multiple homes3
typically $1.4m
- New homes2
typically $625k
- Relocated buildings1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $48kSecond hand relocated dwg - new timber pile foundations & onsite wastewater system 451 Lusk Road, Ruawai
- $6,500Removal of existing & install new kent log fire ii & new flu kit 68 Jellicoe Road, Ruawai
- $4,000Install new maxen Henley 250 woodfire & flue system onto existing floor hearth. , Ruawai
- $2,000Additional toilet 8-12 Ruawai Wharf Road, Ruawai
28 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$2,000
Additional toilet
- Relocated buildings$48k
Second hand relocated dwg - new timber pile foundations & onsite wastewater system
- Fires and heating$6,500
Removal of existing & install new kent log fire ii & new flu kit
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install new maxen Henley 250 woodfire & flue system onto existing floor hearth.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen Forbury 550 insert heater in dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment - durability modification waiver
- Alterations and additions$190k
Interior alterations to 73.98sqm of residence
- Fires and heating$7,500
New metro smart insert ht woodfire & flue system into existing brick chimney cavity. Adding 3mm steel hearth extension.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$24k
Upgrade of septic tank to taylex pabs2000nr aerated wastewater treatment system with discharge to land by pressure compensating dripper irrigation (pcdi). Resource consent (bun60442064) granted post c
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
New 3 bay shed with bathrm outbuildings
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Four 2 x bdrm apartments - units 1-4
- Multiple homes$1.4m
Four x 2 bdrm apartments - unit 5-8
- Fires and heating$6,000
New maxen Forbury 550 insert woodfire & flue system into existing masonry chimney
- Alterations and additions$45k
Existing dwg - bathrm alterations
- Fires and heating$3,600
Installation of a free-standing Woodsman Brunner MKII woodburner
- Garages, sheds and carports$260k
dbc rbw additions & alterations new gge with internal access & storage area on ground floor & new rumpus & 2 bedrooms & wash room & a separate toilet to upper floor. & private drainage
- Fires and heating$4,320
Installation of free standing solid fuel & eco flue system.
- New homes$800k
Two storey dwg with attached gge 35 Waiotahi Rd Kaiapoi lot 226 dp 586745
- Multiple homes$2.9m
Rbw - five new three storey terrace houses with living on the ground floor adjacent parking on grade. Cladding is brick & & roof is colour steel. Foundation is a concrete slab. Timber framing wi
- New homes$450k
Dwg with free-standing jayline solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$6,000
Fireplace install
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$9,000
new private stormwater drainage from existing system to new public connection (epa is approved).
- Garages, sheds and carports$2,000
Renovate 2 bdrm relocated cottage, add of detached carport, restructure of bathrm (wet room) /laundry/kitchen. Replace all windows. Amendment 1: reinstate solid wood heating .. Install new fireplace. Amendment 2: alt existing laundry/bath
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new masport le4000 woodfire & flue
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install new kent Ruapehu. Solid fuel
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Ruawai
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ruawai?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 124 new homes consented in the Kaipara District council area, with $95.9m of residential and $40.8m 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.