Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tokaanu
313 new homes were consented in the Taupo District council area in the year to September 2026, down 9% on the year before. They also consented $77.9m of non-residential building work, up 3% on the year before. In the statistical area around Tokaanu, 9 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 6 consents we hold in Tokaanu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Taupo District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Tokaanu’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Taupo 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 437 in 2004.
New homes in Tokaanu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tokaanu sits in (Lake Taupō Bays) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 9 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 — Taupo 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$28.2m
2 buildings · 10,287 m² new floor area · $1,968/m² new · +192% on the year before
- Farm buildings$9.3m
38 buildings · 16,952 m² new floor area · $536/m² new · +146% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$8.4m
2 buildings · 1,348 m² new floor area · $6,102/m² new · +319% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$7.4m
4 buildings · 2,502 m² new floor area · $2,838/m² new · +66% on the year before
- Education$6.7m
3 buildings · 647 m² new floor area · $4,490/m² new · −64% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$5.1m
2 buildings · 458 m² new floor area · $10,262/m² new
- Offices$4.1m
3 buildings · 132 m² new floor area · $3,598/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.9m
15 buildings · 837 m² new floor area · $4,007/m² new · −70% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3m
4 buildings · 705 m² new floor area · $3,262/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$1.7m
4 buildings · 1,774 m² new floor area · $719/m² new · −85% on the year before
Consents on record in Tokaanu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 6 from 1 Feb 2020 to 1 Sep 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.
- Alterations and additions1
typically $7,430
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $20k
- Fires and heating1
typically $5,700
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
6 consents
- Fires and heating$5,700
Installation of new metro wee rad legs - eco - freestanding
- Alterations and additions$7,430
Installation of new wagener sparky c/a freestanding wood detached dwgs
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$20k
Push gable wall out into existing verandah soffit
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of a new metro eco tiny rad woody freestanding
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installing a new metro wee rad woody with metro alloy medium
- Fires and heating$4,000
Installation of fireplace
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Near Tokaanu
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tokaanu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 313 new homes consented in the Taupo District council area, with $225m of residential and $77.9m 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.