Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tokanui
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 Tokanui itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 17 consents we hold in Tokanui, 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 Tokanui’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 Tokanui
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Tokanui. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 Tokanui
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 17 from 1 Mar 2020 to 1 Apr 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 $9,000
- Alterations and additions2
typically $126k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $37k
- New homes2
typically $1.3m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $15k260274 - install new inbuilt metro smart insert wood burner fire place with wet back 336 Te Mawhai Road
17 consents
- Fires and heating$15k
260274 - install new inbuilt metro smart insert wood burner fire place with wet back
- Fires and heating$9,000
250935 - remove old & damaged fire, flue system & tiled hearth & replace with new yunca monte multi fuel fire, new tile hearth & new yunca freestanding flue system.
- Garages, sheds and carports$26k
250594 - lot 1 - dbl gge
- Fires and heating$6,700
250257 - lot 1 - install new solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$250k
Rbw - relocate kitchen. Minor internal alterations. New ensuite bathrm to replace laundry. Refurbished family bathrm. New sed beams & bracing to level 1.
- New homes$2.3m
Rbw proposed 3x3 standalone dwgs. Lot 1 with four bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms with attached dbl gge. Lot 2 & lot 3 with four bedrooms, one study, 3.5 bathrooms with attached dbl gge
- Alterations and additions$2,500
221393 - installation of client supplied jayline fr300 - freestanding wood burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$47k
221177 - to build a gge for vehicle & sundry storage with toilet facility
- New homes$260k
220601 - lot 1 - small architectural dwg - one bdrm with walk-in robe & ensuite, laundry, open plan kitchen / entry / lounge extending to covered outdoor living.
- Garages, sheds and carports$32k
211017 - lot 3 - to build a gge for vehicle & sundry storage
- Alterations and additions$3,000
211049 - lot 1 - installation of the jayline ss200l clean air fire & jayline fluekit.
- Fires and heating$4,693
210366 - replacement of existing inbuilt fireplace with Rangitata insert fire
- Fires and heating$7,614
210378 - install wagener butler multifuel freestanding fire & 2kw wetback
- Commercial alterations$165k
210131 - additions to existing home. 1 x bdrm & 1 x office. Add to kitchen & dining room
- New homes$188k
210011 - lot 3 - new 2 bed detached dwg no gge
- Fires and heating$4,000
200194 - installation of new wood fire
- Fires and heating$5,000
200240 - installation of the metro wee ped, hearth, flue shield & flue kit
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tokanui?
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.