Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Kaitoke
190 new homes were consented in the Whanganui District council area in the year to September 2026, up 40% on the year before. They also consented $72.5m of non-residential building work, down 27% on the year before. In the statistical area around Kaitoke, 18 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 35 consents we hold in Kaitoke, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whanganui District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Kaitoke’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whanganui 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 199 in 2021.
New homes in Kaitoke
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Kaitoke sits in (Kaitoke-Fordell) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 12 houses, 6 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 — Whanganui 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.
- Offices$29.5m
5 buildings · 2,618 m² new floor area · $10,680/m² new · −56% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$14.2m
5 buildings · 1,509 m² new floor area · $4,109/m² new · +385% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$6m
+761% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$4m
2 buildings · 699 m² new floor area · $5,182/m² new · +44% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$3.9m
1 building · 540 m² new floor area · $7,070/m² new · +805% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$3.9m
1 building · 262 m² new floor area · $3,817/m² new · −62% on the year before
- Education$3.8m
2 buildings · 296 m² new floor area · $4,459/m² new · +215% on the year before
- Farm buildings$3.2m
20 buildings · 5,128 m² new floor area · $324/m² new · −11% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$2.1m
2 buildings · 1,164 m² new floor area · $1,503/m² new · −78% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$2m
1 building · 422 m² new floor area · $4,739/m² new · +4344% on the year before
Consents on record in Kaitoke
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 35 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Feb 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 additions8
1 in the last 12 months · typically $18k
- Fires and heating6
typically $6,500
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $50k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts2
typically $195k
- New homes2
typically $595k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $15kEnsuite layout alt. Remove existing electric hotwater cylinder. Install new hot water heat pump cylinder 208 Holmwood Road
35 consents
- Alterations and additions$15k
Ensuite layout alt. Remove existing electric hotwater cylinder. Install new hot water heat pump cylinder
- Fires and heating$7,000
Install of a metro extreme rad into the living room
- Alterations and additions$300k
Add & alterations to dwg - add to nw. Reconfigure bedrooms & bathrm. Install en-suite to bdrm one, a w/c & study. Increase entrance area. Section 67: this building consent
- Fires and heating$6,000
Free standing solid fuel heater - remove old fireplace & install a new fireplace. Metrofire Ltd xtreme rad model 200-1270
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
New gge with sleepout & swimming pool with fence
- Garages, sheds and carports$125k
Construct a 12m x 12m x 4.5m gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Free standing solid fuel heater.I nstall of a metro wee rad leg, including a metro eco flue kit into the living room
- Alterations and additions$10k
Construct a tiled shower in the bathrm
- Fires and heating$8,500
Install nectre n65 freestanding woodburner
- Alterations and additions$20k
Internal alterations including p&d house alt/additions
- Garages, sheds and carports$50k
Erect a 9m x 7m x 3.6m shed
- Garages, sheds and carports$2,000
Install woodman ecr novo in existing gge
- Alterations and additions$8,000
Install a firenzo kompact deco 800 inbuilt fire into the lounge
- New homes$890k
Construct a new res dwg with attached gge
- New homes$300k
New dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install a metro xtreme rad ped Ltd free standing wood burner in the lounge dining area
- Alterations and additions$120k
Erect a 20m l x 9m w x 3.6h with 2m w x 3m awning
- Alterations and additions$140k
House add, master bdrm & ensuite
- Alterations and additions$12k
Remove 2 existing windows in family room increase opening & install new ranch slider window
- Fires and heating$6,000
Install freestanding woodsman Tarras mkiii
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$190k
Construct new 54m2 studio building
- Alterations and additions$70k
Internal alterations. New beams, ensuite & bathrm alterations
- Fires and heating$5,482
Supply & install a firenzo Bronte wood burner on legs
- Garages, sheds and carports$99k
Construct a new 72m2 gge
- Fires and heating$6,395
Install a metro xtreme rad woody freestanding wood burner in the living area
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Kaitoke?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 190 new homes consented in the Whanganui District council area, with $113m of residential and $72.5m 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.