Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ohariu
824 new homes were consented in the Wellington City council area in the year to September 2026, up 66% on the year before. They also consented $377m of non-residential building work, down 45% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ohariu, 3 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 43 consents we hold in Ohariu, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Wellington City council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ohariu’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Wellington City, 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 1,429 in 2019.
New homes in Ohariu
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ohariu sits in (Mākara-Ohariu) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 3 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 — Wellington City, 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$153m
8 buildings · 10,560 m² new floor area · $2,610/m² new · −55% on the year before
- Education$97.7m
9 buildings · 9,454 m² new floor area · $7,951/m² new · +174% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$48.9m
3 buildings · 511 m² new floor area · $27,789/m² new · −27% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$23.9m
1 building · −71% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$23.5m
+467% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$17.7m
1 building · 166 m² new floor area · $3,163/m² new · +60% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$7.1m
+44% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$2.4m
1 building · −98% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 545 m² new floor area · $1,734/m² new · +1488% on the year before
- Farm buildings$105k
1 building · 84 m² new floor area · $1,250/m² new · +5% on the year before
Consents on record in Ohariu
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 43 from 1 Sep 2019 to 1 Jun 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 heating8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $5,250
- New homes8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $720k
- Alterations and additions5
typically $130k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
1 in the last 12 months · typically $130k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $75k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $50k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
typically $15k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $700kR1 - new single storey detached dwg with detached gge. 560 Ohariu Valley Road
- $250kR1 - alterations to detatched dwg & new gge/storage shed. 918 Ohariu Valley Road
- $7,500R1 - minor works - new freestanding woodburner. 209 Takarau Gorge Road
43 consents
- Fires and heating$7,500
R1 - minor works - new freestanding woodburner.
- New homes$700k
R1 - new single storey detached dwg with detached gge.
- Garages, sheds and carports$250k
R1 - alterations to detatched dwg & new gge/storage shed.
- Relocated buildings$50k
R1 - foundations & services only for new relocatable home. Includes grey water dispersal field.
- New homes$740k
Rbw - proposed construction of single-level dwg featuring with two master ensuites, three bedrooms, one kitchen dining lounge, one living room, scullery, laundry, attached dbl gge, one bath
- New homes$1m
R1 - new one-storey detached dwg
- Garages, sheds and carports$40k
New 65 sq/m storage shed
- New homes$950k
R2 - new one-storey detached dwg.
- New homes$700k
R2 - new detached dwg with attached gge.
- Fires and heating$70k
R1 - extension of single storey detached dwg. Relocating woodburner.
- New homes$1.4m
R1 - new detached dwg & alterations to existing gge including plumbing connections.
- Garages, sheds and carports$130k
R1 - add & alterations to one storey detached dwg. New attached gge.
- Alterations and additions$120k
R2 - add & alterations to existing two storey dwg.
- New homes$90k
R1 - new detached dwg.
- Fires and heating$5,000
R1 - minor work - installation of a new masport r3000 freestanding woodburner.
- Fires and heating$4,000
R1 - installation of insert firenzo topaz woodburner to existing masonary chimney in single story detached dwg
- Fires and heating$4,964
R1 - alt to detached dwg. New wet back install on existing solid fuel burner & to existing 250 litre hot water cylinder
- Alterations and additions$100k
R1-removal of part of roof, trusses & ceiling, replaced with rafters, ridge beam. New ceiling, post & skylights.
- Alterations and additions$130k
R2 - detached dwg add. New bdrm & bathrm.
- Alterations and additions$160k
R2 - alt to existing 2 storey dwg. Internal alterations to form a new en-suite bathrm. Refurbished laundry. Timber deck extension with tank room & implement shed underneath.
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$15k
R1 - upgrade of wastewater system to service the existing dwg
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$75k
R1 - new pre-fabricated cabin.
- Fires and heating$12k
R1 - alt to dwg - installation of freestanding woodburner.
- New homes$450k
R1- new 2 bdrm detached dwg with study.
- Fires and heating$2,500
R1 - quick - installation of a free-standing masport r3000 wood burner
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ohariu?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 824 new homes consented in the Wellington City council area, with $394m of residential and $377m 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.