Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Rangiuru
336 new homes were consented in the Western Bay of Plenty District council area in the year to September 2026, up 11% on the year before. They also consented $95.1m of non-residential building work, up 80% on the year before. In the statistical area around Rangiuru, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 17 consents we hold in Rangiuru, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Western Bay of Plenty District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Rangiuru’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Western Bay of Plenty 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 588 in 2016.
New homes in Rangiuru
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Rangiuru sits in (Rangiuru) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 4 houses, 1 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 — Western Bay of Plenty 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.
- Factories and industrial$45.4m
7 buildings · 68,769 m² new floor area · $658/m² new · +848% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$23.4m
8 buildings · 15,996 m² new floor area · $1,402/m² new · +40% on the year before
- Farm buildings$8.9m
54 buildings · 18,534 m² new floor area · $480/m² new · +81% on the year before
- Education$5.3m
+261% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2.8m
4 buildings · 396 m² new floor area · $5,216/m² new · −14% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$2.4m
1 building · 570 m² new floor area · $4,197/m² new · −53% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2m
1 building · 440 m² new floor area · $2,852/m² new · −71% on the year before
- Offices$1.9m
+125% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$1.9m
−79% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.1m
+610% on the year before
Consents on record in Rangiuru
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 17 from 1 Dec 2020 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 heating6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,750
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $108k
- Pools and spas2
typically $40k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $35k
- Demolition1
typically $20k
- Multiple homes1
typically $1.8m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $100kAlterations to the dwg - including the add of an attached gge, workshop, & laundry, & internal wall modifications to the existing open plan area. 7 Malcolm Avenue
- $6,000Installation of replacement woodburner - metro tiny rad
17 consents
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of replacement woodburner - metro tiny rad
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
Alterations to the dwg - including the add of an attached gge, workshop, & laundry, & internal wall modifications to the existing open plan area.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install f/s sfh with wetback
- Demolition$20k
Demolition of existing concrete open fire & concrete pad, replacement steel frame open fire & concrete pad
- Pools and spas$70k
Inground swimming pool, fence & gate
- Fires and heating$7,000
Alterations to dwg - installation of a woodsman serene, freestanding, dry, woodburner - cac 194586
- Alterations and additions$35k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$5,500
Installation of replacement insert fireplace - metro trend
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of freestanding solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$115k
New gge with facilities
- Pools and spas$10k
Installation of swimming pool fencing
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of freestanding solid fuel heater
- Multiple homes$1.8m
Rbw - removal of existing house & construction of new multi unit development block 1: two units consisting of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathrm, 1 wc 2 levels block 2: five units consisting of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 wc, attached gge 2 levels. Detention
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of freestanding solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$4,500
Installation of freestanding solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$50k
Resited dwg & bdrm add
- Alterations and additions$80k
Dwg alterations & additions
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Near Rangiuru
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Rangiuru?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 336 new homes consented in the Western Bay of Plenty District council area, with $233m of residential and $95.1m 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.