Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Te Anau
Councils consented $70.1m of non-residential building work in the Southland District council area in the year to September 2026, down 3% on the year before. Below: 14 commercial 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.
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
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Commercial consents on record in Te Anau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 14 from 3 May 2018 to 1 Oct 2025. 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.
- Commercial alterations5
typically $25k
- New commercial buildings1
typically $600k
- Fit-outs1
typically $200k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
14 consents
- Commercial alterations$9,000
Amendment - installation of laundry facility within gge area. Installation of log burner within workshop (hobby room) area.
- Commercial alterations$20k
Site services for - single-storey, 2-bed, 1 bath, transportable home, built in the factory. Site services to the building, ground vapour barrier installation & connecting the building to the foundations only.
- Fit-outs$200k
Construction of a proprietary 80m2 IL2 shed with a 36m2 timber framed internal res fit-out.
- Commercial alterations$25k
Siting for 3 bdrm dwg built in genius homes factory Timaru,foundations, baseboards deck & deck framing with woodburner & connection to services
- Commercial alterations$135k
Proprietary shed, dbl gge space for vehicles & a workshop space at the rear with a bathrm
- Commercial alterations$110k
Add of bdrm with ensuite & dressing room, office
- New commercial buildings$600k
New three bdrm house with an office & attached gge . Mono pitch roof & brick veneer cladding
- Commercial alterations$135k
The north wing of the house will be extended westward with an additional room & office space. The whole roof of the north wing will be replaced for ease of building. Internal changes in the north wing include swapping the location of the bathrm a
- Commercial alterations$41k
Three bay steel framed shed for hobbies/workshop use
- Farm buildings$5,000
Walter Peak Station, Queenstown - Woolshed retail shop: replace existing fire with new Tarras wood burner subject to modification of B2.3.1 which applies from 29 June 2016 instead of date of Code Compliance Certificate issue
- Farm buildings$30k
Extention To Exsisting Woolshed
- Farm buildings$17k
Erect Hanger And Farming Implement Shed
- Farm buildings$200k
Alteration To Existing Woolshed
- New commercial buildings$9,500
Erect Telecommunications Station
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
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.