Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Waipukurau
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: 410 consents we hold in Waipukurau, 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 Waipukurau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 410 from 1 May 2005 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 heating79
13 in the last 12 months · typically $6,000
- Alterations and additions77
9 in the last 12 months · typically $32k
- New homes41
10 in the last 12 months · typically $550k
- Relocated buildings38
typically $266k
- Garages, sheds and carports19
2 in the last 12 months · typically $50k
- Insulation14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,012
- Multiple homes6
1 in the last 12 months · typically $1.3m
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $49k
- Pools and spas4
typically $4,000
- Other new buildings3
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1.6m
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $1.6mConstruction of dwg with attached gge , Waipukurau
- $1.6mConstruct a 70m2 timber framed detached res housing 4 Mt View Place, Waipukurau
- $1.6mConstruct a 70m2 timber framed detached res housing 2 Mt View Place, Waipukurau
- $1.3mRbw - demolish existing dwg. Build 3 dbl storey detached dwgs comprising lot 1 of 5-bedrooms, laundry, bathrm, living room, kitchen, dining, gge. Lots 2&3 with 4 bedrooms, laundry, b 22 Woburn Street, Waipukurau
- $1.2mConstruction of dwg with attached gge+ associated retaining walls 8 Matuku Lane, Waipukurau
410 consents
- Alterations and additions$225k
2bdrm dwg with open plan living housing - detached
- New homes$800k
New dwg & detached gge
- Alterations and additions$6,500
Install a firenzo Napier fire with a log box into home
- Other new buildings$500k
New multi unit development
- Fires and heating$1,077
Installation of a new masport coronet uleb wood fire & new
- Other new buildings$1.6m
Construct a 70m2 timber framed detached res housing
- Other new buildings$1.6m
Construct a 70m2 timber framed detached res housing
- Fires and heating$7,500
Install new free standing fire
- Alterations and additions$15k
Bathrm alt
- Insulation$5,600
Insulmax retrofit wall insulation system will be carried out
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro mini rad freestanding fire
- Fires and heating$7,500
Replace existing insert solid fuel heater with a metro trend
- Fires and heating$10k
Install free standing fire place
- Alterations and additions$7,500
Install a wee rad fire
- Alterations and additions$7,000
Install a firenzo fire viking ca
- Fires and heating$7,500
Replace existing freestanding solid fule heater with a pyro
- Alterations and additions$20k
New ensuite to existing dwg
- New homes$1.2m
Construction of dwg with attached gge+ associated retaining walls
- Multiple homes$1.3m
Rbw - demolish existing dwg. Build 3 dbl storey detached dwgs comprising lot 1 of 5-bedrooms, laundry, bathrm, living room, kitchen, dining, gge. Lots 2&3 with 4 bedrooms, laundry, b
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install insert yunca xander solid fuel burner (replacement)
- Insulation$4,300
Install insulmax insulation housing - detached
- Garages, sheds and carports$73k
Building a new 11.5 m x 7 m steel framed shed/gge
- Alterations and additions$9,000
Replacement of the existing open fire with a free standing
- New homes$784k
Detached dwg. New 4 bdrm res dwg with
- Fires and heating$6,500
Replace existing freestanding solid fuel heater with a maxin
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Suburbs in Waipukurau
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waipukurau?
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.