Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Puriri
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 Puriri, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 18 consents we hold in Puriri, 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 Puriri’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 Puriri
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Puriri sits in (Matatoki-Pūriri) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 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 Puriri
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 18 from 1 Jan 2021 to 1 Jun 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 heating9
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions4
typically $19k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $15k
- Pools and spas1
typically $100k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $7,000Install a masport Kaituna fireplace 74 Neavesville Road
- $5,000Install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue (jayline fr400) 24 Puriri Valley Road
18 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a masport Kaituna fireplace
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install replacement freestanding woodfire & flue (jayline fr400)
- Alterations and additions$15k
Install contessa firebox, flu & smoke alarms.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of a metro tiny rad with legs woodfire.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of a metro tiny rad legs.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Installation of firenzo forte aqualux insert wood fire into a masonry chimney with a wetback system running too cylinder directly beside the fire's cavity
- Fires and heating$10k
To remove existing fireplace with wet back system & install a new solid fuel heater metro tiny rad / wetback & flu system. Plumbing work to be connected by plumbing first Paeroa. (cam frater)
- Fires and heating$2,500
Installation of masport Kaituna free-standing solid fuel heater.
- Fires and heating$6,366
Installation of maxen Forbury 550 solid fuel heater as per manufacturers specifications
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$15k
Replacement & alt of deck & stairs
- Pools and spas$100k
Installation of in ground swimming pool & permanent swimming pool fencing
- Alterations and additions$23k
Bathrm alt wall removal installation of wet area shower, vanity etc.
- Alterations and additions$2,500
Install jayline free-standing wood
- Fires and heating$3,000
Replacing a freestanding fireplace with a newer one of similar size. A woodsman Tarras mk111.
- Alterations and additions$135k
Kitchen & dining room add & alterations
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replacement of old wood fire with a cooking stove wood fire
- Alterations and additions$600
Move fire place from lounge to dining room
- Fires and heating$3,000
Install new woodsman solid fuel heater & flue - remove existing fire place & brick chimney
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Puriri?
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.