Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tahuna
325 new homes were consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area in the year to September 2026, up 35% on the year before. They also consented $73.1m of non-residential building work, up 4% on the year before. Below: 40 consents we hold in Tahuna, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Matamata-Piako District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Matamata-Piako 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 433 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 — Matamata-Piako 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$20.8m
5 buildings · 6,338 m² new floor area · $3,171/m² new · +632% on the year before
- Farm buildings$13.5m
55 buildings · 32,757 m² new floor area · $409/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$10.2m
5 buildings · 4,680 m² new floor area · $1,861/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$9.1m
8 buildings · 4,724 m² new floor area · $1,162/m² new · −65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$7.5m
2 buildings · 1,247 m² new floor area · $6,014/m² new · +48% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.6m
3 buildings · 589 m² new floor area · $5,903/m² new · −25% on the year before
- Offices$3.3m
6 buildings · 835 m² new floor area · $2,234/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Education$2.7m
2 buildings · 466 m² new floor area · $2,339/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
1 building · 260 m² new floor area · $5,308/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$60k
Consents on record in Tahuna
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 40 from 1 Jan 2020 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 heating13
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $520k
- Garages, sheds and carports4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $58k
- Alterations and additions4
typically $53k
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $66k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $700kNew res dwg 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge 7 Pioneer Road, Tahuna
- $387kDwg 1827 Tahuna Road, Te Hoe
- $66kConstruction of Mayfair swimming pool 792 Mangawara Road, Hoe-O-Tainui
- $7,772Install a metrofire xtreme rad - leg freestanding woodburner 1436 Morrinsville-Tahuna Road, Tahuna
- $7,000Installation of metro smart insert eco woodfire & flue 1555 Morrinsville-Tahuna Road, Tahuna
40 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$950
Install underlay & insulate external walls in external gge
- New homes$387k
Dwg
- New homes$700k
New res dwg 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$7,000
Installation of metro smart insert eco woodfire & flue
- Fires and heating$7,772
Install a metrofire xtreme rad - leg freestanding woodburner
- Pools and spas$66k
Construction of Mayfair swimming pool
- New homes$457k
New res dwg new four bdrm res house with attached 2 car gge. Included outdoor covered verandah off of the living & dining.
- New homes$900k
Multi-generational dwg with attached triple gge
- Garages, sheds and carports$93k
Shed
- Fires and heating$9,000
Fireplace freestanding install metro wee rad base freestanding wood fire in second lounge
- Fires and heating$1,000
Installation of a solid wood fire in place of an existing open fire.
- New homes$520k
New res dwg construction of a new 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replacement fire. Install freestanding champion ena solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$2,000
Install a woodsman Tasman mk2 fireplace.
- Alterations and additions$15k
Dwg alterations
- Alterations and additions$36k
Alterations to bathrm area.
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace existing logaire wood fire with a new metro wee ped fire & flue
- Fires and heating$2,000
Replacing the old fireplace with a new Bronte firenzo fireplace.
- Fires and heating$30k
New fireplace, reposition laundry in shed, new bathrm in
- Garages, sheds and carports$22k
Construction of a pole shed/gge
- Alterations and additions$100k
Rbw - alterations to existing spaces in basement of dbl storey dwg, 2 x new external doors & new external deck & steps
- Fires and heating$7,000
Freestanding woodburner
- Fires and heating$3,000
Replace wood burner with new metrofire wee rad leg
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
New attached dbl gge, laundry & kitchen extension
- Fires and heating$4,000
Fire insert box & flue
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Suburbs in Tahuna
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tahuna?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 325 new homes consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area, with $174m of residential and $73.1m 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.