Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Waitoki
Councils consented $3.37b of non-residential building work in the Auckland council area in the year to September 2026, up 5% on the year before. Below: 8 commercial consents we hold in Waitoki, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Auckland council area.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Auckland, 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.
- Offices$753m
43 buildings · 26,927 m² new floor area · $8,567/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$631m
84 buildings · 233,139 m² new floor area · $2,450/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Education$590m
77 buildings · 54,555 m² new floor area · $8,792/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$402m
44 buildings · 21,405 m² new floor area · $14,113/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$307m
32 buildings · 40,270 m² new floor area · $4,291/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$219m
29 buildings · 19,980 m² new floor area · $6,216/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$197m
11 buildings · 25,285 m² new floor area · $7,276/m² new · +218% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$167m
29 buildings · 11,019 m² new floor area · $3,823/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$75.4m
17 buildings · 13,619 m² new floor area · $3,956/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Farm buildings$26.2m
121 buildings · 68,341 m² new floor area · $353/m² new · +4% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Local boards compared
The year to September 2026 against the year before.
| Local board | Non-residential | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Waitemata | $907m | +83% |
| Mangere-Otahuhu | $582m | −16% |
| Maungakiekie-Tamaki | $295m | +37% |
| Albert-Eden | $270m | +37% |
| Upper Harbour | $211m | +1% |
| Franklin | $195m | −12% |
| Manurewa | $168m | +225% |
| Henderson-Massey | $101m | −39% |
| Howick | $95.3m | −75% |
| Papakura | $90.9m | +81% |
| Otara-Papatoetoe | $85.2m | −53% |
| Rodney | $73.7m | −10% |
| Whau | $58.1m | +13% |
| Orakei | $52.7m | +10% |
| Kaipatiki | $51.2m | +23% |
| Devonport-Takapuna | $50.9m | +43% |
| Hibiscus and Bays | $44.7m | 0% |
| Puketapapa | $18.1m | −42% |
| Waitakere Ranges | $14.7m | +90% |
| Waiheke | $2m | −83% |
| Great Barrier | $210k | +200% |
Commercial consents on record in Waitoki
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 8 from 1 Nov 2019 to 1 May 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.
- New commercial buildings3
typically $990k
- Commercial alterations2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $108k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $120kConstruction of a four-bay cold-formed steel portal shed with bathrm (shower, toilet, basin), stormwater via 25l tank to t-spreader bar, & hynds lifestyle advanced wastewater system to pressure-co 29-37 Drinnan Road, Waitoki
8 consents
- Commercial alterations$120k
Construction of a four-bay cold-formed steel portal shed with bathrm (shower, toilet, basin), stormwater via 25l tank to t-spreader bar, & hynds lifestyle advanced wastewater system to pressure-co
- New commercial buildings$790k
Rbw - 3-bdrm workers cottage & gge office building
- Commercial alterations$95k
Rbw - internal alterations to ground floor include - conversion of office & laundry to a master suite with walk-in wardrobe & ensuite, new laundry with wc in existing bathrm space, reconfigured
- New commercial buildings$1.4m
Rbw - new single storey, four bed & office dwg for applicant, 3.5 bathrooms, media room, kitchen, dining, lounge, separate laundry, alfresco, covered deck area, swimming pool, wastewater field
- New commercial buildings$990k
Rbw - new single level dwg including three bedrooms, one office, three bathrooms, kitchen & triple gge. New private drainage, & swimming pool.
- Commercial alterations$95k
New gge, workshop, games room & bathrm
- Commercial alterations$80k
New shed for storage & personal workshop.
- Commercial alterations$499k
rbw - new extension to include living, dining, kitchen & pantry. Existing dwg alterations to include six bedrooms, bathrm, two ensuites, powder room, office, walk in wardrobe, living, storage & games room. New detached gym & new pool fe
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Suburbs in Waitoki
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Waitoki?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17,131 new homes consented in the Auckland council area, with $8.53b of residential and $3.37b 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.