Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Parewanui
156 new homes were consented in the Manawatu District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $18m of non-residential building work, down 13% on the year before. In the statistical area around Parewanui, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 7 consents we hold in Parewanui, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Manawatu District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Parewanui’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Manawatu 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 260 in 2021.
New homes in Parewanui
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Parewanui sits in (Parewanui) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 houses, 1 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Manawatu 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.
- Farm buildings$7.5m
64 buildings · 17,256 m² new floor area · $418/m² new · +39% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.5m
1 building · 1,158 m² new floor area · $3,022/m² new · +463% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.1m
2 buildings · 532 m² new floor area · $3,853/m² new · +25% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2m
1 building · 779 m² new floor area · $1,947/m² new · −43% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $2,778/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$545k
−22% on the year before
- Offices$357k
1 building · 82 m² new floor area · $1,728/m² new · −90% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$315k
2 buildings · 672 m² new floor area · $342/m² new · +89% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$237k
−92% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−45% on the year before
Consents on record in Parewanui
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 7 from 1 Mar 2022 to 1 Jun 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 heating3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $50k
- Pools and spas1
typically $15k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $100kAdd to house of new master bdrm ensuite & walkin housing - detached 1259 Parewanui Road
- $8,000Install replacement woodfire & replacement wetback heating 1941 Parewanui Road
- $5,000Replacement of existing fireplace with yunca monte heating 1758 Parewanui Road
7 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replacement of existing fireplace with yunca monte heating
- Alterations and additions$100k
Add to house of new master bdrm ensuite & walkin housing - detached
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install replacement woodfire & replacement wetback heating
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$50k
Foundations, plumbing & drainage for relocating a one housing - detached
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a freestanding pyro classic mini wood fire on a heating
- Pools and spas$15k
Installation of swimming pool fencing outbuildings
- Alterations and additions$10k
To install a contessa wetback fire heating
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Parewanui?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 156 new homes consented in the Manawatu District council area, with $93.4m of residential and $18m 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.