Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Kawa
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 the statistical area around Te Kawa, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 11 consents we hold in Te Kawa, 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 Kawa’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 Kawa
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Te Kawa sits in (Te Kawa) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 5 houses, 0 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 — 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 Kawa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 11 from 1 Mar 2021 to 1 Jul 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 heating4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,150
- Fit-outs1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $40k
- New homes1
typically $715k
- Pools and spas1
typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $6,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $15kInternal fitout of existing shed with mezzanine storage. 359C Te Kawa Road
- $8,000Installation of solid fuel woodfire 1168 Pokuru Road
- $5,300Install new masport Kaituna woodburner with pedestal base 625 Te Kawa Road
11 consents
- Fit-outs$15k
Internal fitout of existing shed with mezzanine storage.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of solid fuel woodfire
- Fires and heating$5,300
Install new masport Kaituna woodburner with pedestal base
- New homes$715k
New single storey 4 bdrm res dwg with
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$40k
Adding the add of an outdoor canopy over the deck detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Construction of a gge outbuilding
- Pools and spas$50k
Construction of a new swimming pool outbuilding
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$6,000
Move effluent line inside property boundary detached dwg
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install jayline fr300 - wood burner detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro Ltd xtreme rad leg detached dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install frezno Bronte ru solid fuel fire detached dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Kawa?
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.