Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Orongo
161 new homes were consented in the Thames-Coromandel District council area in the year to September 2026, down 6% on the year before. They also consented $11.6m of non-residential building work, down 65% on the year before. In the statistical area around Orongo, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 21 consents we hold in Orongo, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Thames-Coromandel District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Orongo’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Thames-Coromandel 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 594 in 2003.
New homes in Orongo
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Orongo sits in (Hauraki Plains East) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 — Thames-Coromandel 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.
- Hospitals and health$2.4m
1 building · 404 m² new floor area · $4,950/m² new · +1646% on the year before
- Offices$2.2m
2 buildings · 805 m² new floor area · $2,559/m² new · +491% on the year before
- Farm buildings$1.7m
16 buildings · 2,415 m² new floor area · $678/m² new · +52% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.7m
3 buildings · 1,154 m² new floor area · $1,473/m² new · +105% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
−64% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.1m
1 building · 195 m² new floor area · $469/m² new · −94% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$800k
1 building · 420 m² new floor area · $1,905/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$394k
1 building · 73 m² new floor area · $2,877/m² new · −89% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$10k
−100% on the year before
Consents on record in Orongo
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 21 from 1 Jan 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 heating7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions3
typically $90k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $100k
- New homes3
typically $637k
- Commercial alterations1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $95k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $29k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $95kRbw -new upper floor timber deck with glass balustrade, new lower floor timber deck, partially enclosed gym room & internal alt to laundry. 68 Hauraki Road
- $5,000Solid fuel heater - masport Kaituna 275 Hauraki Road
21 consents
- Fires and heating$5,000
Solid fuel heater - masport Kaituna
- Commercial alterations$95k
Rbw -new upper floor timber deck with glass balustrade, new lower floor timber deck, partially enclosed gym room & internal alt to laundry.
- Alterations and additions$145k
Add & re roofing to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Solid fuel heater - ken Ruapehu clean air woodfire
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Replacement of existing wetback fire with new unit
- Fires and heating$6,000
Solid fuel heater - metro rad one
- New homes$480k
Prefabricated dwelling
- Fires and heating$6,000
Solid fuel heater - metro freestanding
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$29k
Replace septic tank with new waste water system
- Garages, sheds and carports$120k
Push out ground floor gge. Push out & modify ground
- Fires and heating$5,000
Free-standing metro tiny ped solid fuel heater
- Garages, sheds and carports$69k
Gge
- New homes$952k
New dwg - not attached to others
- Fires and heating$3,000
Solid fuel heater
- Alterations and additions$90k
Alt & minor add to dwg
- New homes$637k
New dwg - not attached to others
- Garages, sheds and carports$100k
New shed & soakpit
- Fires and heating$6,500
Solid fuel heater
- Fires and heating$2,500
Solid fuel heater
- Relocated buildings$15k
Relocated minor dwg - foundations only (r1)(r3 foundations)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$1,000
Alterations to dwg - new toilet to existing bathrm (r1)
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Near Orongo
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Orongo?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 161 new homes consented in the Thames-Coromandel District council area, with $163m of residential and $11.6m 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.