Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kinleith
72 new homes were consented in the South Waikato District council area in the year to September 2026, up 24% on the year before. They also consented $35m of non-residential building work, down 33% on the year before. In Kinleith itself, 4 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 29 consents we hold in Kinleith, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the South Waikato District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Kinleith’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, South Waikato 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 106 in 2022.
New homes in Kinleith
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Kinleith. In the year to September 2026: 4 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 — South Waikato 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$25.1m
7 buildings · 8,217 m² new floor area · $2,814/m² new · +10% on the year before
- Farm buildings$6.7m
31 buildings · 17,775 m² new floor area · $372/m² new · +93% on the year before
- Education$1.2m
1 building · 216 m² new floor area · $1,852/m² new · −51% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$850k
- Warehouses and storage$597k
2 buildings · 1,020 m² new floor area · $585/m² new · −68% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$334k
1 building · 38 m² new floor area · $3,184/m² new · +57% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$239k
- Offices$75k
−98% on the year before
Consents on record in Kinleith
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 29 from 1 Jul 2019 to 1 Dec 2025. 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 $6,000
- Alterations and additions2
typically $90k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $100k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $100k
- New homes1
typically $500k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5,700Install a metro wee rad leg woodfire 2484 Old Taupo Road
29 consents
- Fires and heating$5,700
Install a metro wee rad leg woodfire
- Fires and heating$6,000
Supply & install a monte euro multi fuel woodburner
- Fires and heating$8,110
Supply & install a yunca monte multi-fuel clean air freestanding woodburner.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Installation of yunca oscar clean air woodburner
- Relocated buildings$80k
Second hand relocated 3 bdrm dwg. New piles & foundations, new private drainage, new sw & ww systems on-site. New metal driveway.
- Relocated buildings$120k
Second hand relocated 4 bdrm dwg. New piles & foundations, new timber decks over 1m. New private drainage, new sw & ww systems on-site. New metal driveway, new gad hot water heating system.
- Alterations and additions$40k
Extension of master bdrm, with alt to the existing ensuite
- Alterations and additions$140k
New master bdrm with walk in wardrobe & enusite / level access shower connected to house through attached hallway.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$100k
Applying for consent for septic waste system, storm water, & foundations for existing units only.
- Fires and heating$4,000
Install a new solid fuel heater heating
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installing a new metro wee rad leg with reconnection of the existing wetback
- New homes$500k
New res dwg
- New homes$377k
Detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$29k
To construct a steel frame & clad shed for private vehicle storage
- Fires and heating$5,809
Replace existing woodfire & wetback with metro Ltd wee rad & wetback on existing hearth
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Amendment 1: alt of the floor plan amendment 2: existing built in fireplace & brick chimney been demolished, new metro fire to be installed amendment 3: new bosca wood burner to be installed amendment 3: existing built in fireplace & brick
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replace existing free standing fire with new jayline fr300 free standing fire
- Fires and heating$3,200
Amendment 2: existing built in fireplace & brick chimney been demolished, new metro fire to be installed amendment 1: alt of the floor plan amendment 2: existing built in fireplace & brick chimney been demolished, new metro fire to be inst
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Erect proposed new totalspan shed
- Relocated buildings$1,000
New pile foundations & remedial work for relocated house. Associated plumbing & drainage amendment 1: alt of the floor plan
- Garages, sheds and carports$24k
Erect proposed new totalspan gge
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alt floor plan of existing house with add to create larger living room with access to new deck areas, master bdrm with ensuite.
- Fires and heating$12k
Install a homewood companion wood stove with wetback & flue
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Supply & construct 7.2m x 7.2m gge & upgrade septic system
- Garages, sheds and carports$90k
Add of car gge with laundry facilities & internal access to house.
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kinleith?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 72 new homes consented in the South Waikato District council area, with $37.6m of residential and $35m 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.