Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Te Pahu
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 Pahu, 6 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 36 consents we hold in Te Pahu, 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 Pahu’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 Pahu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Te Pahu sits in (Te Pahu) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — 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 Pahu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 36 from 1 Sep 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.
- Fires and heating8
3 in the last 12 months · typically $7,813
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $168k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
typically $80k
- Pools and spas1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $50k
- New homes1
typically $248k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $26k
- Other new buildings1
typically $170k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $75k251075 - extend living area into covered porch area & add new bathrm. 441 Te Pahu Road
- $66k260153 - lot 1 - installation of a louvre opening roof pergola. 273 Limeworks Loop Road
- $60k250981 - install a inground fibre glass pool 9.5m x 4.3m, with ring fence - pool fencing compliant with f9/as1 154 Te Pahu Road
- $18k260646 - install pyroclassic woodburner with small woodbin onto ash floor protector. Connect wetback to existing mains pressure hot water wetback cylinder 769 Te Pahu Road
- $9,000260095 - lot 2 - installation of a woodsman serene draw wood fire 762 Te Pahu Road
36 consents
- Fires and heating$18k
260646 - install pyroclassic woodburner with small woodbin onto ash floor protector. Connect wetback to existing mains pressure hot water wetback cylinder
- Fires and heating$6,500
260465 - lot 1 - replacement of solid fuel woodfire
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$66k
260153 - lot 1 - installation of a louvre opening roof pergola.
- Fires and heating$9,000
260095 - lot 2 - installation of a woodsman serene draw wood fire
- Alterations and additions$75k
251075 - extend living area into covered porch area & add new bathrm.
- Pools and spas$60k
250981 - install a inground fibre glass pool 9.5m x 4.3m, with ring fence - pool fencing compliant with f9/as1
- Fires and heating$6,500
240177 - lot 2 - installation of a metro extreme rad base wood fire with wetback
- Garages, sheds and carports$150k
230869 - lot 1 - add to existing house & construction of new gge
- New homes$248k
230878 - lot 1 - this building work contains builtready modular component(s).Construct a 2 bed minor dwg with new site services
- Fires and heating$7,625
230696 - lot 1 - installation of a solid fuel heater as per manufacturers specifications
- Fires and heating$8,000
230710 - install lady kitchener fire - clean air & sfp flue kit, backtray roof & dektite
- Relocated buildings$50k
230719 - lot 1 - relocating 70m2 dwg onto site on timber piles
- Alterations and additions$150k
230475 - alt to the existing dwg with infill at the existing back door, new roof at entry. Alt to the existing kitchen, scullery & laundry. New timber weatherboard cladding to match existing where required
- Garages, sheds and carports$10k
221183 - attach gge to house
- Alterations and additions$57k
221306 - lot 1 - installation of pre moulded fibreglass inground swimming pool, associated filtration & permanent pool fencing. Granduer 9 - 9.3 x 4.2 = 39.06
- Other new buildings$170k
220814 - lot 2 - to build 70m2 cottage
- Fires and heating$5,983
220892 - lot 1 - installation of a solid fuel heater to manufacturers specifications
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$270k
220583 - enclosing of deck to form a bdrm, & alt of existing bdrm into a bathrm
- Fires and heating$9,000
220069 - lot 1 - install solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$900k
220363 - lot 1 - res renovation
- Alterations and additions$200k
211499 - alt & extension of existing house with new bedrooms, altered kitchen, & new attached gge.
- Commercial alterations$26k
211422 - erect 7.8 m x4.8 m workshop/ storeroom
- Garages, sheds and carports$34k
211112 - building a new 6x8.4m gge
- Fires and heating$4,500
210812 - install of freestanding woodburner jayline fr300 clean air model
- Relocated buildings$50k
210814 - re-site transportable dwg
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Te Pahu?
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.