Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Taharoa
9 new homes were consented in the Waitomo District council area in the year to September 2026, down 47% on the year before. They also consented $14.2m of non-residential building work, up 127% on the year before. Below: 8 consents we hold in Taharoa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waitomo District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waitomo 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 50 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waitomo 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$9m
1 building · 2,017 m² new floor area · $4,462/m² new · +917% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.3m
8 buildings · 6,229 m² new floor area · $374/m² new · +96% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
+283% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$670k
2 buildings · 230 m² new floor area · $2,826/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$380k
2 buildings · 280 m² new floor area · $714/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$240k
−86% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$50k
- Hotels and motels$45k
−77% on the year before
Consents on record in Taharoa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 Jan 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.
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $22k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $60k
- Fires and heating1
typically $11k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $50kRelocating an existing dwg. 4 Willow Point Road, Taharoa
- $22kRes/farm - replaced failed septic tank & effluent bed with a new devan integra s15 & 300m dripper lines as per engineers specifications 51 Brown Road, Taharoa
8 consents
- Relocated buildings$50k
Relocating an existing dwg.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$22k
Res/farm - replaced failed septic tank & effluent bed with a new devan integra s15 & 300m dripper lines as per engineers specifications
- Fires and heating$11k
New installation of pyroclassic woodburner on small bin &
- Relocated buildings$70k
Relocated existing small dwg with a separate 1 bdrm housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$60k
Locate a new transportable home & connect to foundations housing - detached
- Relocated buildings$45k
Relocate existing minor unit new foundations & services, housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Extend existing house & add workshop below housing - detached
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$12k
Install ecoflow 2000 onsite waste water system & disposal housing - detached
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Taharoa
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Taharoa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 9 new homes consented in the Waitomo District council area, with $7.8m of residential and $14.2m 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.