Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waikouaiti
501 new homes were consented in the Dunedin City council area in the year to September 2026, up 7% on the year before. They also consented $135m of non-residential building work, down 49% on the year before. Below: 519 consents we hold in Waikouaiti, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Dunedin City council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Dunedin City, 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 548 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 — Dunedin City, 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.
- Hospitals and health$36.8m
4 buildings · 2,575 m² new floor area · $11,379/m² new · −79% on the year before
- Education$26.7m
5 buildings · 1,648 m² new floor area · $4,333/m² new · −10% on the year before
- Offices$19m
3 buildings · 994 m² new floor area · $4,863/m² new · +47% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$17.2m
6 buildings · 3,608 m² new floor area · $3,160/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$12.8m
1 building · 504 m² new floor area · $655/m² new · +551% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$9.4m
2 buildings · 1,169 m² new floor area · $2,737/m² new · +12% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$6.5m
3 buildings · 1,404 m² new floor area · $605/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.5m
24 buildings · 4,194 m² new floor area · $556/m² new · −9% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.4m
2 buildings · 1,758 m² new floor area · $813/m² new · −35% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.9m
−35% on the year before
Consents on record in Waikouaiti
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 519 from 1 Jan 2013 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.
- Fires and heating78
11 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions58
3 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- New homes55
3 in the last 12 months · typically $460k
- Garages, sheds and carports21
2 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs13
4 in the last 12 months · typically $12k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts13
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening9
1 in the last 12 months · typically $40k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater7
1 in the last 12 months · typically $15k
- Relocated buildings5
2 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Multiple homes4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.9m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.5mErect 2x unit dwg with attached gge, install solid fuel burner & water tanks, construct retaining walls 108 Stornoway Street, Karitane
- $543kNew dwg with attached gge, install water tank 39 Hill Road, Warrington
- $415kNew dwg with attached gge 26 Bay Road, Warrington
- $385k3-bdrm single level dwg, 1&1/2 bathrooms, multiple housing - detached dwgs 54 Henry Street, Waikouaiti
- $150kAlt to dwg - replacement of foundation piles, change of floor layout for kitchen, bedrooms & bathrm, installation of woodsman serene petite (uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac-212697 20 Aberdeen Street, Waikouaiti
519 consents
- Fires and heating$100k
Alt internal layout of dwg, install solid fuel burner
- New homes$543k
New dwg with attached gge, install water tank
- New homes$1.5m
Erect 2x unit dwg with attached gge, install solid fuel burner & water tanks, construct retaining walls
- Relocated buildings$65k
Relocate dwg, construct foundations, install septic system & water tanks
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$8,500
Add deck to dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Alterations to dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Fires and heating$11k
Installation of firenzo kompact deco 800 insert fire, flue heating
- Multiple homes$385k
3-bdrm single level dwg, 1&1/2 bathrooms, multiple housing - detached dwgs
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install solid fuel burner in dwg
- Alterations and additions$60k
Alterations to dwg
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 1 - changes to windows on both levels, lift door changes, shower drain location change, West End deck connection change & woodburner changed to masport Akaroa mkii ash (uleb), freestanding, dry, woodburner, cac 242080
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install maxen cargill 350-d heater in dwg
- New homes$415k
New dwg with attached gge
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$35k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - remove deck & balustrade, install new deck membrane, substrate, & balustrade
- Demolition$30k
Alt kitchen, living room, bathrm & laundry in dwg, demolish conservatory & add deck, install woodsman serene heater & gas hot water system
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$45k
Extend sleepout to enlarge bdrm, form ensuite
- Garages, sheds and carports$70k
Erect 3-bay pole shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$30k
Demolish shed to erect replacement
- Relocated buildings$80k
Construct foundations & services for relocatable dwg, add deck
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Suburbs in Waikouaiti
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waikouaiti?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 501 new homes consented in the Dunedin City council area, with $256m of residential and $135m 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.