Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Residential building consents in Hunter
17 new homes were consented in the Waimate District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. In the statistical area around Hunter, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 1 residential consents we hold in Hunter, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Waimate District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Hunter’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Waimate 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 52 in 2008.
What kind of homes
New dwellings consented in the year to September 2026, by type, with the average floor area and value Stats NZ’s figures give.
- Houses17
177 m² average · $482k average value · +6% on the year before
New homes in Hunter
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Hunter sits in (Mākikihi-Willowbridge) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 houses, 0 townhouses and units, 0 apartments.
Residential consents on record in Hunter
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 1 from 1 Jul 2025 to 1 Jul 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 $6,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
1 consent
- Alterations and additions$6,000
Bathrm renovation. Tiling of bathrm wall, floor
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Near Hunter
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Hunter?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17 new homes consented in the Waimate District council area, with $11.5m of residential and $4.9m 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.