Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waharoa
325 new homes were consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area in the year to September 2026, up 35% on the year before. They also consented $73.1m of non-residential building work, up 4% on the year before. Below: 47 consents we hold in Waharoa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Matamata-Piako District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Matamata-Piako 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 433 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 — Matamata-Piako 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$20.8m
5 buildings · 6,338 m² new floor area · $3,171/m² new · +632% on the year before
- Farm buildings$13.5m
55 buildings · 32,757 m² new floor area · $409/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$10.2m
5 buildings · 4,680 m² new floor area · $1,861/m² new · +153% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$9.1m
8 buildings · 4,724 m² new floor area · $1,162/m² new · −65% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$7.5m
2 buildings · 1,247 m² new floor area · $6,014/m² new · +48% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$3.6m
3 buildings · 589 m² new floor area · $5,903/m² new · −25% on the year before
- Offices$3.3m
6 buildings · 835 m² new floor area · $2,234/m² new · +100% on the year before
- Education$2.7m
2 buildings · 466 m² new floor area · $2,339/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
1 building · 260 m² new floor area · $5,308/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$60k
Consents on record in Waharoa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 47 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Jul 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 heating11
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- New homes7
typically $1.2m
- Garages, sheds and carports5
typically $57k
- Alterations and additions4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $43k
- Relocated buildings2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Multiple homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.1m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $33k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $19k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.4m4 x single level detached dwgs consisting of 4 bedrooms, bathrm, ensuite & laundry. (proposed lots 1, 2, 3 & lot 35) 4-12 Carroll Street, Waharoa
- $250kAlterations to an existing 4 bdrm dwg. 319 Mowbray Road, Waharoa
- $50kRelocated 120m dwg. New timber pile foundation using existing grid. 125 125 h5 piles in 300 300mm concrete footings with 14 anchor piles for subfloor bracing per nzs3604. 16 Mowbray Road, Waharoa
- $5,000Install new masport Hurunui freestanding fireplace 440 Waharoa Road East, Waharoa
47 consents
- Multiple homes$1.4m
4 x single level detached dwgs consisting of 4 bedrooms, bathrm, ensuite & laundry. (proposed lots 1, 2, 3 & lot 35)
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install new masport Hurunui freestanding fireplace
- Relocated buildings$50k
Relocated 120m dwg. New timber pile foundation using existing grid. 125 125 h5 piles in 300 300mm concrete footings with 14 anchor piles for subfloor bracing per nzs3604.
- Alterations and additions$250k
Alterations to an existing 4 bdrm dwg.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$19k
Install septic system
- Garages, sheds and carports$125k
Erect proposed new totalspan gge & hobby room
- Fires and heating$7,274
Supply & install a tiny rad - base freestanding wood burner with wetback
- Fires and heating$4,000
To install a metro extreme rad base fireplace
- Fires and heating$8,263
Supply & install metro wee rad woody woodfire
- Relocated buildings$100k
Re-siting of relocated home onto site in Waharoa. New piles, plumbing & drainage connections & on site sw disposal
- Garages, sheds and carports$105k
Erect proposed new gge
- New homes$1.2m
rbw lot1 single three storey dwgs including five bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, & dbl gge & private drainage.
- New homes$1.2m
dbc rbw single three storey dwgs including five bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, & dbl gge & private drainage.
- New homes$1.2m
rbw single three storey dwgs including five bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, & dbl gge & private drainage.
- Multiple homes$900k
2 buildings- a 2 bdrm duplex & a 2 bdrm terrace (3 housing - multi-unit dwg
- Fires and heating$9,000
Install woodsman stag wet multifuel fire (replacement)
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install freestanding metro tiny ped logfire
- New homes$489k
New detached 4 bdrm dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install Ravelli Sofia Insert pellet fire
- Alterations and additions$5,000
R2 - add acrylic shower to existing bathrm, tile floor & walls
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$45k
Amendment to aba-2023-1773 - delete sleepout alterations, demolish & erect sleepout with ensuite
- Alterations and additions$5,000
Installation of a new Fisher Denniston multi fuel fire
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$20k
Alt dwg & sleepout - extend kitchen/dining room & relocated laundry, alt ground floor bathrm, alt sleepout to create ensuite & fire rate walls
- New homes$1.4m
Rbw - single three-storey dwgs including five bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, & dbl gge & private drainage - lot 5.
- Garages, sheds and carports$36k
Demolish gge & erect gge
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Suburbs in Waharoa
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waharoa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 325 new homes consented in the Matamata-Piako District council area, with $174m of residential and $73.1m 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.