Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rainbow Point
313 new homes were consented in the Taupo District council area in the year to September 2026, down 9% on the year before. They also consented $77.9m of non-residential building work, up 3% on the year before. In the statistical area around Rainbow Point, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 58 consents we hold in Rainbow Point, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Taupo District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Rainbow Point’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Taupo 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 437 in 2004.
New homes in Rainbow Point
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Rainbow Point sits in (Richmond Heights) — 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 — Taupo 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$28.2m
2 buildings · 10,287 m² new floor area · $1,968/m² new · +192% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.3m
38 buildings · 16,952 m² new floor area · $536/m² new · +146% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$8.4m
2 buildings · 1,348 m² new floor area · $6,102/m² new · +319% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.4m
4 buildings · 2,502 m² new floor area · $2,838/m² new · +66% on the year before
- Education$6.7m
3 buildings · 647 m² new floor area · $4,490/m² new · −64% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$5.1m
2 buildings · 458 m² new floor area · $10,262/m² new
- Offices$4.1m
3 buildings · 132 m² new floor area · $3,598/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.9m
15 buildings · 837 m² new floor area · $4,007/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3m
4 buildings · 705 m² new floor area · $3,262/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.7m
4 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $719/m² new · −85% on the year before
Consents on record in Rainbow Point
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 58 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.
- Alterations and additions16
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs7
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Garages, sheds and carports4
typically $58k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $5,750
- New homes2
typically $1.2m
- New commercial buildings1
typically $1m
- Insulation1
typically $3,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $50kReplace first floor deck membrane replace claddings to suit 2/35 Oregon Drive
- $25kThe proposal is to remove the existing metal weatherboard 60 Rainbow Drive
- $6,943To install a maxen St. Claire freestanding wood burner. A 26 Rainbow Drive
- $1,000Increase length of proposed deck by 0.5m sed beams 4/28 Oregon Drive
58 consents
- Fires and heating$6,943
To install a maxen St. Claire freestanding wood burner. A
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$50k
Replace first floor deck membrane replace claddings to suit
- Alterations and additions$25k
The proposal is to remove the existing metal weatherboard
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$1,000
Increase length of proposed deck by 0.5m sed beams
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1,500
New soak pit to suit revised house drainage. Remove
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$30k
Replace existing upper floor deck with larger deck
- Insulation$3,000
Installation of insulation to external wall, currently detached dwgs
- New homes$1.7m
Four bdrm, plus media, single level dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$1,000
Amendment: replace back deck with carport. New cladding to
- Alterations and additions$450k
Alt to existing dwg.
- Alterations and additions$2,000
**fast-tracked** new roof beams to support existing roof
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Change ground level bdrm roof to waterproof deck, plus
- Garages, sheds and carports$350k
Convert gge into habitable area with bdrm & second
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Change plumbing in bathrooms
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$75k
Remove existing front deck & sunroom. Leave existing roof
- Alterations and additions$10k
Renovations to the downstairs bathrm, being a walk in
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$150k
Renovation including new covered deck, upgraded bathrm
- New commercial buildings$1m
Two storey house three bedrooms dbl gge office family
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$100k
Extend out first floor landing with new first floor deck off
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Amendment to original building consent - removing proposed
- Alterations and additions$20k
Amendments to the approved building consent. Changes are as
- Alterations and additions$500
Fast tracked amendment - revise wall bracing
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
Close-in under existing carport lifting the existing roof,
- Alterations and additions$120k
Extend living room & bdrm 2 wrobe into areas that are
- Fires and heating$5,200
Installation of new yunca xander zero clearance woodburner.
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Near Rainbow Point
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rainbow Point?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 313 new homes consented in the Taupo District council area, with $225m of residential and $77.9m 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.