Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Wairoa
20 new homes were consented in the Wairoa District council area in the year to September 2026, down 65% on the year before. They also consented $4.2m of non-residential building work, down 19% on the year before. Below: 200 consents we hold in Wairoa, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Wairoa District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Wairoa 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 42 in 2025.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Wairoa 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.
- Education$2.1m
−48% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$800k
1 building · 308 m² new floor area · $2,597/m² new · +167% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$405k
+1520% on the year before
- Farm buildings$335k
7 buildings · 561 m² new floor area · $598/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$210k
+110% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$180k
+800% on the year before
- Offices$80k
−73% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$70k
1 building · 193 m² new floor area · $363/m² new
Consents on record in Wairoa
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 200 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 heating57
11 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Alterations and additions35
5 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- Garages, sheds and carports17
1 in the last 12 months · typically $37k
- New homes14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $575k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs9
typically $60k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater8
typically $17k
- Multiple homes7
3 in the last 12 months · typically $1.5m
- Retaining walls5
typically $70k
- Pools and spas4
1 in the last 12 months · typically $17k
- Relocated buildings4
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $2.5mConstruction of 4 attached dwgs in 2 buildings 11 Clyde Road, Wairoa
- $2.5mConstruction of 11 attached dwgs in three buildings 5 Sydney Street, Wairoa
- $1.3mConstruction of four attached dwgs with attached garages 23 Scott Street, Wairoa
- $900kA new 3 bdrm dwg 12A Tuai Main Road, Tuai
- $175k2 bed transportable dwg built by students under the control of ucol 33 Freyberg Street, Wairoa
200 consents
- Fires and heating$3,000
To install a second fireplace
- Fires and heating$5,800
To install a masport osburn woodburner on existing hearth
- Insulation$3,000
Exemption - housing (detached dwg) - insulmax wall insulation
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport clutha ash freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$1
Amendment 1 - amendment to incorporate approved resource consent changes into the building consent documentation. The changes include revised acoustic construction to selected walls, glazing & insulation, mechanical ventilation/hvac upgrades requi
- Fires and heating$3,300
Install new solid fuel heater - metro tiny rad freestanding wood fire
- Insulation$4,500
Install insulmax blown insulation into exterior walls
- Fires and heating$2,000
Installation of new freestanding fireplace
- Fires and heating$5,000
Installation of a new log burner & flue metro mega rad
- Fires and heating$7,320
Fire installation - freestanding masport osburn wood burner
- Alterations and additions$25k
Wet area vinyl shower
- Alterations and additions$29k
Wet area vinyl shower
- Fires and heating$5,000
Replacement freestanding fire, rural, with a wetback
- Multiple homes$2.5m
Construction of 4 attached dwgs in 2 buildings
- Multiple homes$2.5m
Construction of 11 attached dwgs in three buildings
- Fires and heating$20k
New log burner fireplace & new external chimney on exterior of the building.
- Fires and heating$6,000
Installation of a woodsman serene freestanding solid fuel fire. Wall setting hearth 1140 deep 1000 with concrete 45mm thick. Tile top & wooden surround
- Multiple homes$1.3m
Construction of four attached dwgs with attached garages
- New homes$175k
2 bed transportable dwg built by students under the control of ucol
- New homes$900k
A new 3 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$20k
Rbw - amendment to bco10377502 - to correct a draughting mistake of the original bc application to the existing ground floor ceiling plan & in particular to the old bank vault which had two existing
- Alterations and additions$19k
Reconfigure existing bathrm.
- Pools and spas$500
Construction of pool barrier fence for above ground swimming pool
- Fires and heating$6,605
Fire installation - freestanding masport Hurunui wood burner
- Garages, sheds and carports$19k
Two bay pole shed, 8m x 8m with 1 metre brow. Iron cladding
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Suburbs in Wairoa
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Wairoa?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 20 new homes consented in the Wairoa District council area, with $12.4m of residential and $4.2m 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.