Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Whakapirau
124 new homes were consented in the Kaipara District council area in the year to September 2026, up 6% on the year before. They also consented $40.8m of non-residential building work, up 45% on the year before. Below: 24 consents we hold in Whakapirau, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Kaipara District council area.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Kaipara 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 267 in 2016.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Kaipara 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.
- Hospitals and health$11.9m
2 buildings · 1,200 m² new floor area · $9,583/m² new
- Education$10.9m
6 buildings · 1,315 m² new floor area · $5,798/m² new · +514% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$7m
1 building · 172 m² new floor area · $3,285/m² new · +29% on the year before
- Farm buildings$5.8m
29 buildings · 18,488 m² new floor area · $312/m² new · +50% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$2.4m
+26% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$1.5m
1 building · 94 m² new floor area · $15,957/m² new · −81% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$746k
−74% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$350k
2 buildings · 155 m² new floor area · $1,935/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Offices$130k
−95% on the year before
Consents on record in Whakapirau
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 24 from 1 Jan 2020 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 heating5
typically $4,500
- Relocated buildings4
3 in the last 12 months · typically $55k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater3
2 in the last 12 months · typically $28k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $19k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs1
typically $35k
- Alterations and additions1
typically $4,000
- Pools and spas1
typically $97k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $90k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $100k2nd hand relocated dwg, foundations, drainage & deck. Onsite ww 380 Heatley Road, Whakapirau
- $60k2x second hand relocatable dwg, joint for total 4 bdrm. Foundations & onsite ww. 215C Heatley Road, Whakapirau
- $50kRelocation of a 2 bdrm 6m x 6m dwg. 26 Oxford Street, Whakapirau
- $37kConstruct new 7 x 7 gge 7 Oxford Street, Whakapirau
- $32kNew onsite waste water system 21 Huarau Road, Whakapirau
24 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$32k
New onsite waste water system
- Relocated buildings$60k
2x second hand relocatable dwg, joint for total 4 bdrm. Foundations & onsite ww.
- Garages, sheds and carports$37k
Construct new 7 x 7 gge
- Relocated buildings$50k
Relocation of a 2 bdrm 6m x 6m dwg.
- Relocated buildings$100k
2nd hand relocated dwg, foundations, drainage & deck. Onsite ww
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$28k
Install new onsite ww management system & associated drainage
- Pools and spas$97k
New 5 bay pole shed with mezzanine, swimming pool & pool storage room
- Fires and heating$1,950
F/s woodsman kanuku sfh
- Fires and heating$5,500
Install a new roaring meg woodfire & triple skin flue system onto a flat steel floor hearth
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Gge with laundry. Construction of a communal building for future tourist accommodation. Amendment 1 - septic tank is 5,000l not 12,000l & the land aplication area will be relocated & will utilise a passive sand bed instead of a pumped sand bed
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install inbuilt woodsman Totara logfire
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$35k
Extending existing covered deck & add of hobby room attached to back of deck amendment 1: pushing out the existing bdrm under the existing verandah roof
- Relocated buildings$40k
Relocation & add to dwg - foundations & drainage onsite ww
- Commercial alterations$90k
Construct gge with workshop
- Fires and heating$4,500
Install inbuilt woodsman Totara logfire
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$22k
Installation of a naturalflow nf8000s ww treatment system onsite ww
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install metro wee rad leg Ltd woodburner
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Install bosca fire place
- Relocated buildings$60k
Relocate secondhand dwg - foundations, drainage,
- Fires and heating$2,000
Installation of tiny rad metro wood burner.
- New homes$280k
New 3 bdrm dwg
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$6,700
House alterations & deck add amendment 1: installation of outdoor/ indoor fireplace
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$198k
House alterations & deck add
- Alterations and additions$42k
Master bdrm add to existing residence
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Whakapirau
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Whakapirau?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 124 new homes consented in the Kaipara District council area, with $95.9m of residential and $40.8m 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.