Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Anau
187 new homes were consented in the Southland District council area in the year to September 2026, up 36% on the year before. They also consented $70.1m of non-residential building work, down 3% on the year before. Below: 568 consents we hold in Te Anau, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Southland District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Southland 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 176 in 2019.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Southland 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$31.1m
123 buildings · 74,108 m² new floor area · $417/m² new · +33% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$15.8m
7 buildings · 1,226 m² new floor area · $7,456/m² new · −54% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$13m
5 buildings · 5,526 m² new floor area · $2,054/m² new · +152% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$4.5m
3 buildings · 2,420 m² new floor area · $1,843/m² new · +445% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2m
1 building · 267 m² new floor area · $5,243/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
−77% on the year before
- Offices$1.2m
+337% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$887k
1 building · 315 m² new floor area · $2,063/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$470k
1 building · 45 m² new floor area · $9,333/m² new · +47% on the year before
Consents on record in Te Anau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 568 from 9 Jun 2016 to 1 Sep 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.
- New homes136
33 in the last 12 months · typically $510k
- Alterations and additions76
23 in the last 12 months · typically $21k
- Fires and heating58
15 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Garages, sheds and carports54
9 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Relocated buildings13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $48k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $270k
- Commercial alterations5
typically $25k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $52k
- Multiple homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $558k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater4
typically $10k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $3mConstruction of new 2 storey detached dwg with attached gge 1 Red Deer Place, Te Anau
- $953kNew 272.04m2 3 bdrm residence with attached gge. 165 Lynwood Road, Hillside
- $850kNew res dwg with attached gge new shed with attached laundry, bathrm & mud room 8 Ralph Moir Drive, Te Anau
- $807kNew 2 bdrm timber framed dwg with allied superslab, prenailed frame, coloursteel & tpo roofing, coloursteel & cedar cladding, solid fuel fire 4 Wapiti Drive, Te Anau
- $717kThree bdrm dwg with dbl gge 109 Tukare Loop, Te Anau
568 consents
- Garages, sheds and carports$80k
Build a wide span shed
- Fires and heating$8,500
Supply & install a metro xtreme rad (legs) wood fire in place of the existing yunca.
- Fires and heating$8,500
Remove the existing fire, supply & install a yunca monte euro (htp black) on the existing hearth
- New homes$500k
Proposed new house with 4 bedrooms 3 ensuite & 1 common bathrm, laundry, storage, kitchen, living, dining & sitting areas
- Alterations and additions$150k
It is proposed to extend the existing dwg to make an extra bdrm & a larger gge
- New homes$590k
Proposed new 3 bdrm dwg with an attached two bdrm flat
- New homes$717k
Three bdrm dwg with dbl gge
- New homes$600k
Build a two bdrm dwg with attached gge
- New homes$380k
Construct a new three bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Removal of existing pellet burner fire place & flue system. Installation of metro free standing wood fire model- wee rad leg clean air as per plan & foley freestanding flue system
- Fires and heating$10k
Install a new escea tc970 fireplace (inbuilt)
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of the kent Ruapehu fire.
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
New totalspan gge
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Installation of maxen cargill 350-d onto steel hearth, interconnected smoke alarms will be installed.
- New homes$557k
New 4 bdrm home with attached gge
- New homes$299k
New 2 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$120k
Replace the cladding of the existing dwg with a combination of vertical corrugated colorsteel & vertical timber shiplap. Proposed to alt a bathrm by removing a bath & adding a new cubicle shower & a toilet.
- Garages, sheds and carports$20k
Convert the existing attached gge into a 3rd bdrm & a storeroom. The alt will include lifting the slab by 150mm in the gge so some insulation can be installed. A new sliding door will also be installed.
- Alterations and additions$75k
Proposal to alt the existing dwg.
- New homes$524k
Construct new 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge
- Alterations and additions$40k
Remove wall, installed braced wing wall & new lintel to create open plan living area. Remove existing fire & hearth, install new fire located across the room from existing
- New homes$650k
New 322.32m2 4 bdrm house with attached gge & boat shed.
- Garages, sheds and carports$395k
Shed / house with attached gge il2 building
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Timber pile foundation to support a pre fabricated, pre consented building with code of compliance from Tasman District Council (BC250566).
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations to the existing bathrm area.
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Suburbs in Te Anau
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Anau?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 187 new homes consented in the Southland District council area, with $111m of residential and $70.1m 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.