Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waihou
325 new homes were consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area in the year to September 2026, up 35% on the year before. They also consented $73.1m of non-residential building work, up 4% on the year before. In the statistical area around Waihou, 12 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 20 consents we hold in Waihou, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Matamata-Piako District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Waihou’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Matamata-Piako 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 433 in 2021.
New homes in Waihou
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Waihou sits in (Waihou-Manawaru) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 10 houses, 2 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 — Matamata-Piako 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$20.8m
5 buildings · 6,338 m² new floor area · $3,171/m² new · +632% on the year before
- Farm buildings$13.5m
55 buildings · 32,757 m² new floor area · $409/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$10.2m
5 buildings · 4,680 m² new floor area · $1,861/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$9.1m
8 buildings · 4,724 m² new floor area · $1,162/m² new · −65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$7.5m
2 buildings · 1,247 m² new floor area · $6,014/m² new · +48% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.6m
3 buildings · 589 m² new floor area · $5,903/m² new · −25% on the year before
- Offices$3.3m
6 buildings · 835 m² new floor area · $2,234/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Education$2.7m
2 buildings · 466 m² new floor area · $2,339/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
1 building · 260 m² new floor area · $5,308/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$60k
Consents on record in Waihou
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 20 from 1 Sep 2019 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.
- Fires and heating3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $4,800
- Alterations and additions3
typically $50k
- Insulation2
typically $4,750
- New homes2
typically $685k
- Pools and spas2
typically $65k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $68k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $90kNew storage shed/personal workshop 18 Ngutumanga Road
- $8,000Install one metro wee rad base fire, complete with interconnecting smoke alarms, ash hearth, eco flue kit, heat shield, backtray roof flashing & dektite. 7 Mackay Crescent
20 consents
- Commercial alterations$90k
New storage shed/personal workshop
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install one metro wee rad base fire, complete with interconnecting smoke alarms, ash hearth, eco flue kit, heat shield, backtray roof flashing & dektite.
- Alterations and additions$50k
Extension to existing dwg - new ensuite & walk in wardrobe
- Alterations and additions$30k
Proposed alt to existing dwg, adding bathrm & altering existing bathrm.
- Alterations and additions$149k
Internal alterations plus re pile & lift house.
- Insulation$7,000
Install insulmax wall insulation to exterior walls as per codemark certificate cmnz70028
- Pools and spas$70k
Pre moulded firbreglass inground swimming pool
- New homes$1m
Rbw - stage 2 of 2 - new single storey 3-bdrm dwg including 2 bathrooms & kitchen, & new detached single-story gge with combined annex room including bathrm. 2x new rainwater tanks, primary private disposal area & 2x 12000l submerg
- Garages, sheds and carports$68k
Construction of new gge
- Insulation$2,500
Inject water repellent cosywall insulation into exterior walls
- Fires and heating$4,800
Solid fuel burner - woodsman kanaku
- Fires and heating$4,000
Solid fuel (wood) burner
- Pools and spas$60k
8x3 firbreglass swimming pool & pool fence
- New homes$370k
Detached dwg
- Fires and heating$6,500
Firenzo Bronte ag freestanding fire
- New homes$480k
New dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$5,000
Istall kent Rata fire place
- Alterations and additions$150k
Additions & alterations to existing building
- Pools and spas$35k
Superior swimming pool
- Fires and heating$10k
Major amendment alterations to dwg; fireplace & solar
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waihou?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 325 new homes consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area, with $174m of residential and $73.1m 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.