Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Araroa
209 new homes were consented in the Gisborne District council area in the year to September 2026, up 34% on the year before. They also consented $40.3m of non-residential building work, down 9% on the year before. Below: 13 consents we hold in Te Araroa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Gisborne District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Gisborne 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 186 in 2011.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Gisborne 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$10.9m
41 buildings · 1,339 m² new floor area · $7,303/m² new · +3% on the year before
- Education$8.7m
1 building · 1,890 m² new floor area · $3,175/m² new · −36% on the year before
- Offices$6.3m
+156% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$4.2m
2 buildings · 823 m² new floor area · $4,247/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$2.9m
+208% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.8m
18 buildings · 4,206 m² new floor area · $615/m² new · +15% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.7m
2 buildings · 1,841 m² new floor area · $1,465/m² new · +3% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$683k
1 building · 76 m² new floor area · $787/m² new · −87% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$646k
−20% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$500k
+8% on the year before
Consents on record in Te Araroa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 13 from 1 Sep 2020 to 1 Mar 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 additions3
typically $25k
- Fires and heating3
typically $6,500
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $65k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $30k
- New homes1
typically $300k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $30kRelocate existing minor dwg. , Te Araroa
13 consents
- Relocated buildings$30k
Relocate existing minor dwg.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install freestanding firenzo Bronte on leg base logfire
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install freestanding woodsman rmf logfire
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install freestanding firenzo contessa rural base logfire
- Alterations and additions$25k
Install wet area vinyl shower within existing bathrm
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Erect versatile gge
- Relocated buildings$100k
Connect relocated dwg to foundations install septic system & install freestanding masport r1200 logfire
- Alterations and additions$33k
Internal alterations & install wet area vinyl shower within existing bathrm
- New homes$300k
New dwg with attached gge, install septic system & install freestanding masport r1200 logfire
- Alterations and additions$15k
Upgrade existing disposal field to, wisconsin mound, connect existing waste water treatment plant to new disposal field
- Fires and heating$5,100
Install freestanding firenzo vision on woodbox base logfire
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding wagener leon multifuel logfire
- New homes$495k
Rbw. New two storey dwg house with 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, dbl gge, 3 living spaces. Tv room private drainage.
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Suburbs in Te Araroa
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Araroa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 209 new homes consented in the Gisborne District council area, with $102m of residential and $40.3m 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.