Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waipawa
36 new homes were consented in the Central Hawke's Bay District council area in the year to September 2026, down 22% on the year before. They also consented $9m of non-residential building work, down 4% on the year before. Below: 273 consents we hold in Waipawa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Central Hawke's Bay District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Central Hawke's Bay 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 112 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 — Central Hawke's Bay 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$3.8m
21 buildings · 4,963 m² new floor area · $765/m² new · +125% on the year before
- Education$1.9m
1 building · 126 m² new floor area · $4,365/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.6m
3 buildings · 758 m² new floor area · $1,686/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$665k
+56% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$645k
1 building · 79 m² new floor area · $2,532/m² new · −76% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$150k
- Warehouses and storage$135k
1 building · 50 m² new floor area · $1,900/m² new · +1700% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$80k
1 building · 90 m² new floor area · $889/m² new · −96% on the year before
Consents on record in Waipawa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 273 from 1 Aug 2019 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 heating71
8 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions40
8 in the last 12 months · typically $35k
- New homes35
5 in the last 12 months · typically $350k
- Relocated buildings15
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports12
3 in the last 12 months · typically $56k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
2 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Insulation5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,300
- Retaining walls2
typically $181k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $138k
- Multiple homes2
typically $1.1m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $970kPrimary dwg including logburner with attached garages & attached secondary dwg including logburner & wastewater system 1 Richmond lane Loburn lot 1 dp 569679 6 Richmond Lane, Waipawa
- $600k*single storey dwg * 4 bedrooms * 100mm slab on ground, 191B Tapairu Road, Waipawa
- $500kNew dwg housing - detached 298 White Road, Waipawa
- $424kNew multiproof dwg housing - detached 67C Ireland Road, Waipawa
- $300kRepairs to fire damaged dwg housing - detached 87A Ongaonga Road, Waipawa
273 consents
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a new metro xtreme rad leg base fire urban & new
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install a new firenzo vision ag freestanding fire on a
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a new metro tiny rad woody base freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$6,275
Installation of a new insert woodsman Totara fire installed
- Fires and heating$10k
New installation of a masport osburn freestanding wood fire in the dining room
- Alterations and additions$75k
Foundations & services for a transportable dwg -
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$100k
Home relocation x 2 + drainage
- Garages, sheds and carports$145k
Totalspan propose to build a gable shed
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a metro wee rad leg base fire
- New homes$600k
*single storey dwg * 4 bedrooms * 100mm slab on ground,
- New homes$970k
Primary dwg including logburner with attached garages & attached secondary dwg including logburner & wastewater system 1 Richmond lane Loburn lot 1 dp 569679
- Alterations and additions$100k
Internal alterations housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$70k
New transportable dwg housing - detached
- Fires and heating$6,500
Replace existing solid fuel heater with a firenzo Bronte
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Install a contessa uleb leg base fire
- Alterations and additions$1,000
Ma - remediation to roof truss
- New homes$500k
New dwg housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$250k
Walls removed & beams installed without consent housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$55k
New gge outbuildings
- Relocated buildings$120k
Relocate dwg housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
New gge outbuildings
- Relocated buildings$100k
Relocate dwg housing - detached
- Insulation$5,300
Install insulmax spray wall insulation housing - detached
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening$300k
Repairs to fire damaged dwg housing - detached
- Alterations and additions$39k
New transportable dwg housing - detached
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Suburbs in Waipawa
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waipawa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 36 new homes consented in the Central Hawke's Bay District council area, with $27.3m of residential and $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.