Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Makikihi
17 new homes were consented in the Waimate District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $4.9m of non-residential building work, down 67% on the year before. In the statistical area around Makikihi, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 24 consents we hold in Makikihi, 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 Makikihi’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.
New homes in Makikihi
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Makikihi sits in (Mākikihi-Willowbridge) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 — Waimate 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$2.3m
25 buildings · 5,542 m² new floor area · $378/m² new · +46% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$800k
2 buildings · 187 m² new floor area · $4,278/m² new · −18% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$610k
2 buildings · 468 m² new floor area · $620/m² new · −93% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$500k
- Offices$400k
- Warehouses and storage$210k
+500% on the year before
- Education$60k
−83% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$60k
+140% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$20k
−99% on the year before
Consents on record in Makikihi
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 24 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.
- Fires and heating5
3 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $78k
- New homes2
typically $631k
- Relocated buildings2
typically $58k
- Insulation1
typically $7,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $15k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $200k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $220kR2 - alt & additions to 2 storey detached dwg - porches enclosed, new deck, & interior renovation & reconfiguration. 12 Frederick Street
- $8,000Install woodsman strongman heater, no wetback connection 185 Brownleas Road
- $6,000Install woodsman ulewb fire drawer model 3095, no wetback 12 Frederick Street
- $4,227Installation of kent Cardrona woodfire ecan # 165498 10 Meehan Place
24 consents
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install woodsman ulewb fire drawer model 3095, no wetback
- Fires and heating$4,227
Installation of kent Cardrona woodfire ecan # 165498
- Alterations and additions$220k
R2 - alt & additions to 2 storey detached dwg - porches enclosed, new deck, & interior renovation & reconfiguration.
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install woodsman strongman heater, no wetback connection
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
Establishment of a minor unit on the ground floor, with new
- Insulation$7,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulate walls
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install maxen Henley 250-l heater, no wetback connection
- New homes$330k
Dwg
- Alterations and additions$78k
Rbw - housing (detached dwg) - dwg extension to create one bdrm with ensuite. Extension to be timber framed floor, walls & trussed roof.
- Alterations and additions$250k
A new portable building moved to the site.
- Alterations and additions$40k
Alt to existing bathrm to provide tiled shower detached dwgs
- Relocated buildings$80k
Relocate 2 existing dwgs & create link between the
- Fires and heating$6,500
2x new fireplace to be installed - 1x with a wetback
- Relocated buildings$35k
Relocate 2 bdrm dwg & fix to new piles.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
Plumbing work
- New homes$931k
Construct 4 bdrm dwg with attached gge. Masonry
- Alterations and additions$40k
Internal alterations including removing bedrooms, extending
- Commercial alterations$26k
To construct a workshop
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$10k
Proposed separation of wastewater connection currently from detached dwg
- Fires and heating$2,300
Install woodsman novo log burner - with wetback connection
- Alterations and additions$30k
Internal alterations & additions to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install jayline is550 inbuilt heater - no wetback connection
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$5,000
Adding plumbing for kitchenette dwg
- Alterations and additions$200k
Rbw - res - extension to dwg, additional bdrm, bathrm, living, relocate kitchen, internal alterations
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Near Makikihi
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Makikihi?
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.