Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Wainui
131 new homes were consented in the Whakatane District council area in the year to September 2026, down 3% on the year before. They also consented $29.8m of non-residential building work, down 7% on the year before. In the statistical area around Wainui, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 12 consents we hold in Wainui, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whakatane District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Wainui’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whakatane 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 194 in 2005.
New homes in Wainui
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Wainui sits in (Waingarara-Waimana) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 2 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 — Whakatane 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$8.7m
3 buildings · 1,013 m² new floor area · $4,679/m² new · +82% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$6m
5 buildings · 1,496 m² new floor area · $2,624/m² new · −41% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$5m
1 building · 106 m² new floor area · $14,151/m² new · −45% on the year before
- Offices$4.6m
3 buildings · 579 m² new floor area · $1,606/m² new · −2% on the year before
- Farm buildings$2.6m
17 buildings · 3,119 m² new floor area · $814/m² new · +7% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$1.8m
+4365% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$620k
+15% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$550k
1 building · +518% on the year before
Consents on record in Wainui
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 12 from 1 May 2022 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.
- Alterations and additions4
2 in the last 12 months · typically $60k
- New homes3
typically $303k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $275k
- Commercial alterations1
typically $49k
- Fires and heating1
typically $11k
- Pools and spas1
typically $50k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $99kExisting two-storey building relocated from 87 upper Waiwera Rd Auckland to the site with new found 352 Stanley Road
- $20kReplaced leaking shower with fully tiled shower- renovated whole bathrm 1224B Wainui Road
- $1Amendment 1 - removal of gge window, changes of gge door, ventilation battens in roof, update wall cladding & joinery details 92 Paparoa Road
12 consents
- Alterations and additions$20k
Replaced leaking shower with fully tiled shower- renovated whole bathrm
- Alterations and additions$99k
Existing two-storey building relocated from 87 upper Waiwera Rd Auckland to the site with new found
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Amendment 1 - removal of gge window, changes of gge door, ventilation battens in roof, update wall cladding & joinery details
- New homes$300k
Single level house with attached gge. Kitset design by kitset hom
- Fires and heating$11k
Installation of firenzo Bronte ag leg fire, flue system & flashing
- Alterations and additions$4,000
Replacing in the same place the same type of fire with a new fire & flue. Done by registered plum
- Garages, sheds and carports$550k
Rebuild & remediation of fire damaged 4 bdrm dbl gge dwg
- New homes$303k
Construction of detached dwg - single storey with 4
- Alterations and additions$120k
Remove timber pagola & construct a walk-in wardrobe add
- New homes$650k
New res single level dwg. 3 bed, 2 bathrooms, dbl gge & onsite waste water syst
- Pools and spas$50k
Install fibre glass shell pool & pool fencing.
- Commercial alterations$49k
To fill in existing new attached carport to create master bdrm with ensuite ldy office & new
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Wainui?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 131 new homes consented in the Whakatane District council area, with $49.6m of residential and $29.8m 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.