Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Tuai
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 Tuai, 1 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 9 consents we hold in Tuai, 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 Tuai’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 Tuai
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Tuai sits in (Maungataniwha-Raupunga) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 1 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 Tuai
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 9 from 1 Jun 2024 to 1 Apr 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 heating3
typically $7,000
- Alterations and additions2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $20k
- New homes2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $773k
- Retaining walls1
typically $25k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $900kA new 3 bdrm dwg 12A Tuai Main Road
- $25kWet area vinyl shower 227 Patunamu Road
9 consents
- Alterations and additions$25k
Wet area vinyl shower
- New homes$900k
A new 3 bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$15k
Bathrm add to existing dwg
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace existing insert woodburner with firenzo kompact diva on insulated hearth 450mm deep x 40mm high
- Fires and heating$7,000
Replace existing insert woodburner with firenzo kompact deco 800mm wide fascia on insulated hearth 400mm deep x 50mm high.
- Fires and heating$6,500
Install firenzo kompact forte insert woodburner on insulated hearth (replacing open fire)
- Retaining walls$25k
Replacement of existing retaining wall to north east boundary; height & location of replacement wall like-with-like with existing. Replacement of 1x carport support post. Driveway & turning circl
- New homes$645k
Erect three-storey three-bdrm dwg
- Alterations and additions$28k
Wet area vinyl shower - bathrm alterations & internal door widening.
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Near Tuai
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Tuai?
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.