Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Orari
120 new homes were consented in the Timaru District council area in the year to September 2026, down 17% on the year before. They also consented $112m of non-residential building work, up 78% on the year before. In the statistical area around Orari, 5 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 540 consents we hold in Orari, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Timaru District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Orari’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Timaru 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 263 in 2016.
New homes in Orari
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Orari sits in (Rangitata) — 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 — Timaru 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.
- Social, cultural and religious$48.5m
3 buildings · 12,611 m² new floor area · $3,786/m² new · +472% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$23.4m
7 buildings · 5,879 m² new floor area · $1,309/m² new · +53% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$18m
10 buildings · 35,128 m² new floor area · $510/m² new · −12% on the year before
- Education$8.8m
6 buildings · 1,038 m² new floor area · $2,129/m² new · −3% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.1m
34 buildings · 8,740 m² new floor area · $526/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Offices$4.4m
3 buildings · 408 m² new floor area · $2,819/m² new · +70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+67% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
1 building · 633 m² new floor area · $2,204/m² new · −21% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$30k
−65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$15k
−87% on the year before
Consents on record in Orari
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 540 from 14 May 1993 to 22 Oct 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 heating19
8 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions9
4 in the last 12 months · typically $45k
- New homes9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $600k
- Garages, sheds and carports6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $123k
- Relocated buildings5
typically $55k
- New commercial buildings4
typically $250k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $213k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $565kErect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro LTD Xtreme Rad Leg 319 Orari Station Road
- $360kAlterations & Erect Shed 124 Coach Road
- $28kFireplace, terrace rooflight, scullery window & gge door, entrance canopies, stair, deck edge, bdrm 2 window. 79 Oak Street
- $20kInstall Services 97 Oak Street
- $7,000Install inbuilt yunca xander ca logfire 29 MacDonald Street
540 consents
- Alterations and additions$20k
Install Services
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Firenzo Bronte AG Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install inbuilt yunca xander ca logfire
- Fires and heating
AMEND Woodburner Clearance/Schist & BGC
- Fires and heating$28k
Fireplace, terrace rooflight, scullery window & gge door, entrance canopies, stair, deck edge, bdrm 2 window.
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Pyro Classic Freestanding Woodburner
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater
AMEND Alter Roof Underlay/Joinery/Drainage
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install freestanding metro xtreme base logfire
- Garages, sheds and carports$360k
Alterations & Erect Shed
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Yunca Zander Inbuilt Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Woodsman Coaster Freestanding Woodburner
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- Alterations and additions
AMEND Cladding & Junction Changes/Move Sink in Kitchen
- New homes$565k
Erect Dwelling with Attached Garage & Install Metro LTD Xtreme Rad Leg
- Alterations and additions
AMEND B2 Modification
- New homes$1.8m
New 4 x bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad Leg Freestanding Woodburner
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro LTD Xtreme Rad Base Freestanding Woodburner
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$400k
New gge with studio space above
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$450k
Erect Dwelling & Install Metro Wee Rad Freestanding Woodburner-WWTS
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Maxen Kinmont 450 Ped Freestanding Woodburner
- New homes$690k
New 4 bdrm, 2 bathrm dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$25k
Building Alterations (Add Bathroom to Sleepout)
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Near Orari
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Orari?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 120 new homes consented in the Timaru District council area, with $83.2m of residential and $112m 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.