Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Awamutu
564 new homes were consented in the Waipa District council area in the year to September 2026, up 13% on the year before. They also consented $77.7m of non-residential building work, down 35% on the year before. In Te Awamutu itself, 60 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 592 consents we hold in Te Awamutu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waipa District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Te Awamutu’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waipa 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 913 in 2022.
New homes in Te Awamutu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the 9 statistical areas that make up most of it: Fraser Street, Goodfellow Park, Pekerau, Sherwin Park, Te Awamutu Central, Te Awamutu North, Te Awamutu Stadium, Te Awamutu West, St Leger. In the year to September 2026: 35 houses, 11 townhouses and units, 0 apartments, 14 retirement village units.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Waipa 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.
- Warehouses and storage$23.7m
9 buildings · 12,358 m² new floor area · $1,892/m² new · −46% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$13.3m
6 buildings · 5,869 m² new floor area · $1,896/m² new · −33% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.9m
64 buildings · 18,003 m² new floor area · $527/m² new · +1% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$9.8m
2 buildings · 1,225 m² new floor area · $6,731/m² new · +22% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$8m
7 buildings · 2,719 m² new floor area · $2,815/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Offices$7.7m
2 buildings · 936 m² new floor area · $2,762/m² new · −50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.6m
2 buildings · 1,066 m² new floor area · $1,440/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Education$1.8m
−57% on the year before
Consents on record in Te Awamutu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 592 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 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 additions109
19 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Fires and heating66
12 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- New homes64
10 in the last 12 months · typically $513k
- Garages, sheds and carports47
6 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Pools and spas26
4 in the last 12 months · typically $59k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts8
typically $95k
- Commercial alterations6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Multiple homes6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $697k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.8m251027 - lot 5 - construct a new 4 bdrm home 8 Belle Amie Drive
- $1.6m260533 - lot 14 - construct a four-bdrm home with an open plan family & dining area with internal access to a dbl gge 27 Headlands Drive
- $900k260609 - lot 1 - two-storey main res three-bdrm dwg with attached single-level two-bdrm secondary dwg. Brick veneer & innova stratum wall cladding. 451 Greenhill Drive
- $750k251056 - lot 1 - new separate gge shed to house car collection. 228 Leger Grove
- $677k260594 - lot 4 - construction of a 3 bdrm, 1 bathrm, dbl living home with a dbl gge 4/119 Leger Grove
592 consents
- New homes$350k
260518 - lot 1 - single storey timber framed res dwg comprising firth sed foundation, 2 beds, 1 bath & attached gge
- New homes$677k
260594 - lot 4 - construction of a 3 bdrm, 1 bathrm, dbl living home with a dbl gge
- New homes$900k
260609 - lot 1 - two-storey main res three-bdrm dwg with attached single-level two-bdrm secondary dwg. Brick veneer & innova stratum wall cladding.
- Fires and heating$7,000
260638 - lot 1 - installation of a clean air solid fuel woodfire
- Fires and heating$9,000
260640 - lot 1 - replacement woodfire metrofires xtreme rad fire, flue & wetback
- Alterations and additions$60k
260470 - alt to existing dwg, removing internal walls to create a larger laundry. Infill of the existing rear porch to utilise this space in the kitchen. Add of an ensuite to master bed. Encroaching on an existing bdrm
- New homes$1.6m
260533 - lot 14 - construct a four-bdrm home with an open plan family & dining area with internal access to a dbl gge
- Fires and heating$9,900
260559 - lot 1 - install woodsman serene with woodbox base onto smokn joe ash floor protector
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
260570 - lot 22 - construct new 7.2m wide x 10.2m deep gge with attached storage room
- Alterations and additions$268k
260576 - lot 149 - siting consent works for an off site built & consented 97m2 dwg. This consent is for the foundations, pile to bearer connections & site services & connections only
- Fires and heating$10k
260577 - install woodsman Tasman mk11 onto masport ash floor protector
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install a f/s woodsman serene sfh
- Alterations and additions$120k
260362 - lot 1 - alt to the existing kitchen & living area. Relocate the existing kitchen with a new walk in pantry added. Extending the living room width & adding a new covered outdoor living. New scissor trusses to replace the existing livi
- Garages, sheds and carports$29k
260389 - lot 1 - erect a new 7.2m x 4.2m single gge
- Alterations and additions$480k
260424 - lot 7 - new extension to existing dwg. Adding extra 3rd bdrm for main house.New attached 1-bdrm, 1-bathrm, open plan kitchen, dining & living with attached carport & storage cupboards secondary dwg with internal access i
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
260462 - to build a 9.2m x 6.2m (57.04m2) mono pitch timber pole shed, importance level 1, 3.8-4.M high to house a boat
- New homes$279k
260488 - lot 1 - construction of a 2 bed, 1 bath, timber framed dwg with a ribraft floor, clad in nuline fibre cement weatherboard & will have powder coated dbl glazed aluminium joinery. Roof will be coloursteel corrugated iron over a timb
- Pools and spas$16k
260516 - lot 2 - pool fencing
- Multiple homes$580k
260252 - lot 2 - new single storey res duplex. Ribraft concrete foundation, each with 3 beds & 1 bath. Open plan kitchen, dining & living. Laundry in pantry. Colorsteel roof cladding. Linea weatherboard & vertical iron wall cladding.
- Alterations and additions$120k
260290 - add adding a new master bdrm, ensuite & walk in wardrobe. Alterations to bedrooms & bathrm. Re roof existing house. Replace existing internal gutter with new external fascia gutter system
- Alterations and additions$30k
260292 - internal wall removal top open kitchen to dining & kitchen window made larger. Moving of toilet & add of whb
- New homes$480k
260325 - lot 8 - 3 bed 2 bath stand alone dwg
- Alterations and additions$4,000
260326 - lot 11 - new pyro wood burn fire
- Fires and heating$10k
260302 - lot 10 - replace inbuilt solid fuel woodfire with same
- Alterations and additions$5,000
260336 - lot 3 - New tiled shower
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Awamutu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 564 new homes consented in the Waipa District council area, with $321m of residential and $77.7m 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.