Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kopaki
9 new homes were consented in the Waitomo District council area in the year to September 2026, down 47% on the year before. They also consented $14.2m of non-residential building work, up 127% on the year before. In the statistical area around Kopaki, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 5 consents we hold in Kopaki, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waitomo District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Kopaki’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waitomo 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 50 in 2021.
New homes in Kopaki
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kopaki sits in (Waipa Valley) — the suburb is smaller than one. 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 — Waitomo 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.
- Offices$9m
1 building · 2,017 m² new floor area · $4,462/m² new · +917% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.3m
8 buildings · 6,229 m² new floor area · $374/m² new · +96% on the year before
- Education$1.5m
+283% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$670k
2 buildings · 230 m² new floor area · $2,826/m² new · −29% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$380k
2 buildings · 280 m² new floor area · $714/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$240k
−86% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$50k
- Hotels and motels$45k
−77% on the year before
Consents on record in Kopaki
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 5 from 1 May 2024 to 1 Nov 2024. 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.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
typically $40k
- Fires and heating1
typically $4,000
- New homes1
typically $647k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
5 consents
- New homes$647k
New four bdrm dwg with bathrm, ensuite &
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$60k
Installation of 3 waste water systems to proposed lots 7,9 ancillary
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Installation of 1 waste water systems to one dwgs
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install kent Rata insert fire & new flue.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$40k
Installation of 2 waste water systems to two dwgs
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Near Kopaki
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kopaki?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 9 new homes consented in the Waitomo District council area, with $7.8m of residential and $14.2m 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.