Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tuakau
677 new homes were consented in the Waikato District council area in the year to September 2026, up 10% on the year before. They also consented $144m of non-residential building work, up 33% on the year before. Below: 259 consents we hold in Tuakau, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waikato District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, 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 1,206 in 2021.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — 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$44.5m
19 buildings · 36,840 m² new floor area · $1,087/m² new · +248% on the year before
- Education$29.5m
18 buildings · 6,577 m² new floor area · $3,470/m² new · −39% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$28.4m
7 buildings · 15,894 m² new floor area · $1,786/m² new · +147% on the year before
- Farm buildings$18.7m
97 buildings · 47,767 m² new floor area · $374/m² new · +10% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$14.3m
8 buildings · 2,178 m² new floor area · $4,449/m² new · +79% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$5m
1 building · 1,424 m² new floor area · $3,125/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Offices$2m
4 buildings · 295 m² new floor area · $3,620/m² new · −52% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$970k
−12% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$130k
1 building · 120 m² new floor area · $333/m² new · +299% on the year before
Consents on record in Tuakau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 259 from 1 Aug 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.
- New homes61
5 in the last 12 months · typically $480k
- Fires and heating30
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,735
- Alterations and additions29
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports15
5 in the last 12 months · typically $39k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater10
typically $33k
- Pools and spas6
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Commercial alterations4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $70k
- Retaining walls3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $600kDwg 8B Dromgools Road, Tuakau
- $550kDwg 4B Dromgools Road, Tuakau
- $550kDwg 4C Dromgools Road, Tuakau
- $540kDwg with attached dbl gge 31 Pipi Crescent, Tuakau
- $300kDwg 9 Coolen Place, Tuakau
259 consents
- Fires and heating$9,978
Heater
- New homes$550k
Dwg
- New homes$550k
Dwg
- Retaining walls$30k
New timber pole retaining wall
- New homes$600k
Dwg
- New homes$300k
Dwg
- Pools and spas$185k
Add of new pool balcony & deck. Extension to entrance on lower level, replacement of asphalt shingle roof
- Commercial alterations$210k
Workshop/gge with bathrm & carport
- Retaining walls$40k
Four retaining walls
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$12k
Reclad of 4 external walls & 4 single glazed aluminium windows replaced with new dbl glazed aluminium joinery
- Alterations and additions$300k
Construct new outdoor room to residence plus new overhangs, decks & balustrades. Install new roofing, cladding & joinery to existing dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Single level living area extension to dwg with attached carport
- Pools and spas$58k
Pool & associated fencing
- Alterations and additions$15k
Internal ensuite alt - replacing acrylic shower with tiled
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Dwg with attached gge 7 booker lane Kaiapoi lot 4 dp 620165
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Dwg with atached gge 6 booker lane Kaiapoi lot 9 dp 620165
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Dwg with attached gge 10 booker lane Kaiapoi lot 7 dp 620165
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$15k
[owner builder] - deck (6m x 4.5m) attached to existing house.
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Gge
- New homes$540k
Dwg with attached dbl gge
- Fires and heating$6,600
Heater
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$175k
Foundations, drainage & associated connections for a re-sited dwg
- Alterations and additions$25k
Alterations to existing dwg - bedrooms, kitchen & dining, lounge, bathrm & laundry
- New homes$245k
Res/farm - three bdrm dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$11k
Amendment to aba-2023-1984 - alt gge foundation, construct deck & retaining wall
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Tuakau
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tuakau?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 677 new homes consented in the Waikato District council area, with $389m of residential and $144m 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.