Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Whiritoa
54 new homes were consented in the Hauraki District council area in the year to September 2026, up 50% on the year before. They also consented $16m of non-residential building work, down 21% on the year before. In the statistical area around Whiritoa, 11 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 71 consents we hold in Whiritoa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Hauraki District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Whiritoa’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Hauraki 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 197 in 2021.
New homes in Whiritoa
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Whiritoa sits in (Waihī Rural) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 11 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 — Hauraki 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.
- Farm buildings$8.6m
24 buildings · 13,896 m² new floor area · $607/m² new · +140% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$3.9m
4 buildings · 479 m² new floor area · $7,933/m² new · −13% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.8m
3 buildings · 576 m² new floor area · $2,872/m² new · +1% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$730k
1 building · 576 m² new floor area · $608/m² new · +484% on the year before
- Education$460k
−28% on the year before
- Offices$443k
1 building · 97 m² new floor area · $906/m² new
- Shops, restaurants and bars$130k
−57% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$20k
−99% on the year before
Consents on record in Whiritoa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 71 from 1 Jul 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.
- New homes11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $437k
- Alterations and additions6
typically $135k
- Garages, sheds and carports5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $24k
- Relocated buildings4
typically $115k
- Fires and heating3
typically $6,600
- Pools and spas2
typically $103k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening1
typically $90k
- Insulation1
typically $30k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
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
- $416kConstruction of new dwg 5B Moray Place
- $400kConstruction of new dwg
- $33kGge 126 Kon Tiki Road
- $18kNew timber external deck to upper level & new retaining wall 30A Fishermans Bend
71 consents
- New homes$416k
Construction of new dwg
- New homes$400k
Construction of new dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$33k
Gge
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$18k
New timber external deck to upper level & new retaining wall
- New homes$1.5m
New dwg - not attached to others
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Gge
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$240k
Alterations & additions to dwg - new veranda deck & stairs
- Fires and heating$6,600
Solid fuel heater - woodsman serene uleb
- New homes$600k
New two bdrm dwg. Council ww
- Garages, sheds and carports$65k
Add of second storey deck & foundations for new gge
- Relocated buildings$80k
Relocated dwg - foundation & site works
- Insulation$30k
Renovate bathrooms - insulation to external walls
- Fires and heating$6,153
Solid fuel heater - metro wee rad leg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$30k
Modifications to existing deck
- Alterations and additions$80k
Alterations & additions to existi
- Alterations and additions$150k
Existing dwg alts
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$19k
Sleepout alterations - toilet & outdoor shower
- Alterations and additions$15k
Alterations to ensuite
- Pools and spas$175k
New swimming pool & fence, change opening to spa room
- Relocated buildings$150k
Relocated dwg - foundatons & site works only
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$10k
Existing dwg alterations - replacement deck
- Relocated buildings$175k
230842 - part lot 6 - relocated dwg with new sub floor piles & deck
- Alterations and additions$220k
Additions & alterations to existing dwg
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$90k
Existing dwg - new roof structure & partial re-clad
- New homes$250k
New dwg - not attached to others
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Near Whiritoa
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Whiritoa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 54 new homes consented in the Hauraki District council area, with $37.1m of residential and $16m 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.