Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tinopai
124 new homes were consented in the Kaipara District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $40.8m of non-residential building work, up 45% on the year before. Below: 26 consents we hold in Tinopai, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kaipara District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kaipara 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 267 in 2016.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Kaipara 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$11.9m
2 buildings · 1,200 m² new floor area · $9,583/m² new
- Education$10.9m
6 buildings · 1,315 m² new floor area · $5,798/m² new · +514% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$7m
1 building · 172 m² new floor area · $3,285/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.8m
29 buildings · 18,488 m² new floor area · $312/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
+26% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
1 building · 94 m² new floor area · $15,957/m² new · −81% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$746k
−74% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$350k
2 buildings · 155 m² new floor area · $1,935/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Offices$130k
−95% on the year before
Consents on record in Tinopai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 26 from 1 Oct 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.
- Relocated buildings7
6 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Fires and heating4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $6,500
- New homes3
typically $850k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $92k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater2
typically $26k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $150k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $8,000
- Pools and spas1
typically $50k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $125k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $40kHouse 7&8 - new relocated duplex dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258) 353 Arapaoa Road, Tinopai
- $40kHouse 5&6 - new relocated duplex dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258) 353 Arapaoa Road, Tinopai
- $30kHouse 3 - new relocated dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258) 353 Arapaoa Road, Tinopai
- $30kHouse 1 - new relocated dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258) 353 Arapaoa Road, Tinopai
- $30kHouse 4 - new relocated dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258) 353 Arapaoa Road, Tinopai
26 consents
- Relocated buildings$30k
House 1 - new relocated dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258)
- Relocated buildings$30k
House 2 - new relocated dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258)
- Relocated buildings$30k
House 3 - new relocated dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258)
- Relocated buildings$30k
House 4 - new relocated dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258)
- Relocated buildings$40k
House 5&6 - new relocated duplex dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258)
- Relocated buildings$40k
House 7&8 - new relocated duplex dwg foundations & connect to services (refer bc260258)
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a new woodsman serene petite woodfire
- Alterations and additions$125k
Additional bdrm extension & internal alterations to existing house. Existing onsite ww
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$35k
Install septic system
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$8,500
Install a new warmington studio stove 14 red woodfire & flue system
- New homes$900k
New 3 bdrm dwg. Onsite ww
- Fires and heating$7,000
Wagener cooktop fireplace & dbl flue system
- New homes$850k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - demolish building, construct new 2-storey 4 bdrm dwg with attached dbl gge
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$176k
New 80.5m2 gge/studio with sleepout. Onsite ww
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocatable single res dwg on engineered piles, detached dwgs
- Garages, sheds and carports$8,000
New 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge. Existing onsite ww (dual chamber septic) amendment 1: sewer connection allowed for future toilet & hand basin in gge amendment 2: moved one bracing element along on line b taken it off the scullery WA
- Pools and spas$50k
New dwg, swimming pool, onsite ww amendment 1: delete: pool, front patio & deck, tamati room & music room. Change: foundation type, cladding type. Lower: floor level. Reduce: front overhang.
- New homes$800k
New 3 bdrm dwg with attached gge. Existing onsite ww (dual chamber septic)
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$17k
Installation of wastewater system
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install masport nectre big bakers oven wood fire, new flue system & new 225l hwc
- Fires and heating$4,500
Installation of jayline ss200 f/s c/a solid fuel
- Commercial alterations$150k
Add bdrm, bathrm, office/studio area & linkway, & detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Convert existing carport into two additional bedrooms & a family room with new verandah & verandah roof
- Fires and heating$4,500
To install masport r1200 woodfire & flue
- Alterations and additions$3,000
Install fire place
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Tinopai
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tinopai?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 124 new homes consented in the Kaipara District council area, with $95.9m of residential and $40.8m 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.