Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Frasertown
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. In the statistical area around Frasertown, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 8 consents we hold in Frasertown, 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, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Frasertown’s own count is made.
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.
New homes in Frasertown
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Frasertown sits in (Frasertown-Ruakituri) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — 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 Frasertown
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Apr 2022 to 1 Oct 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 additions3
typically $15k
- Fires and heating2
typically $6,000
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $24k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $37k
- Multiple homes1
typically $360k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
8 consents
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Adding a new external hot water cylinder
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$24k
Stage 2: install stormwater drainage, soak pit, sewer draiange & septic tank with effluent field
- Alterations and additions$25k
Wet area vinyl shower
- Multiple homes$360k
Construct 2 x duplex's on site - 2 bdrm res homes
- Alterations and additions$15k
Stage 1: cottage relocation, sitting on site, & foundations. Stage 2: plumbing, drainage, connection to services. E1, g9, g12, g13
- Garages, sheds and carports$37k
New gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Replace freestanding woodburner - install new metro xtreme rad on leg base with 3kw wetback
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install new masport inbuilt wood burner heating
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Near Frasertown
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Frasertown?
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.