Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Avenues
450 new homes were consented in the Whangarei District council area in the year to September 2026, up 18% on the year before. They also consented $144m of non-residential building work, up 97% on the year before. In Avenues itself, 2 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 82 consents we hold in Avenues, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Whangarei District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Avenues’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Whangarei 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 964 in 2022.
New homes in Avenues
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area that make up most of it: Woodhill-Vinetown. 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 — Whangarei 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$35m
8 buildings · 8,875 m² new floor area · $3,529/m² new · +228% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$23.8m
4 buildings · 4,165 m² new floor area · $4,778/m² new · +231% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$19m
1 building · 2,380 m² new floor area · $7,983/m² new · +4122% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$19m
6 buildings · 12,895 m² new floor area · $1,466/m² new · +59% on the year before
- Education$18.7m
9 buildings · 2,217 m² new floor area · $1,628/m² new · −26% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$12.5m
3 buildings · 592 m² new floor area · $5,380/m² new · +1291% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$6.3m
1 building · 1,165 m² new floor area · $3,863/m² new · +974% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$5.6m
4 buildings · 3,253 m² new floor area · $1,460/m² new · −42% on the year before
- Farm buildings$4.6m
31 buildings · 5,859 m² new floor area · $768/m² new · −24% on the year before
Consents on record in Avenues
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 82 from 1 Feb 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.
- Alterations and additions26
4 in the last 12 months · typically $25k
- New homes15
3 in the last 12 months · typically $570k
- Fires and heating14
2 in the last 12 months · typically $5,000
- Multiple homes4
typically $564k
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs4
typically $65k
- Retaining walls3
typically $50k
- Garages, sheds and carports3
typically $60k
- Repairs, recladding and strengthening2
typically $625k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $440k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $250k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5.6mConstruct three level three bdrm dwgs with attached single garages x7 (heptaplex) with retaining walls. 19 Third Avenue
- $570kRbw: construction of new two-storey building including flat 2 & flat 3 (one over another) each includes 2 bdrm, common shower/ wc, lounge, kitchen, dining & stormwater tank - attached to exist 47 Third Avenue
- $299kNew dwg with attached gge 62 Second Avenue
- $90kRbw - minor renovation to single storey dwg, internal reconfiguration includes removing internal non load bearing walls & removing a bath & installing a shower in the ensuite. Relocation of a 11A Fifth Avenue
- $80kNew palisade wall 3 Second Avenue
82 consents
- Alterations and additions$9,999
Replacement fire. Install insert kemlan halo 800 zero clearance solid fuel heater.
- New homes$570k
Rbw: construction of new two-storey building including flat 2 & flat 3 (one over another) each includes 2 bdrm, common shower/ wc, lounge, kitchen, dining & stormwater tank - attached to exist
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - minor renovation to single storey dwg, internal reconfiguration includes removing internal non load bearing walls & removing a bath & installing a shower in the ensuite. Relocation of a
- New homes$5.6m
Construct three level three bdrm dwgs with attached single garages x7 (heptaplex) with retaining walls.
- New homes$299k
New dwg with attached gge
- Fires and heating$8,000
Install maxen kinmont 450 freestanding woodburner in lounge
- Alterations and additions$40k
Convert bdrm to ensuite & walk in wardrobe
- Alterations and additions$80k
New palisade wall
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman coleridge (pedestal) freestanding woodburner
- Decks, pergolas and verandahs$90k
Alterations to existing dwg - accessible bathrm, bdrm, laundry & deck
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$440k
Rbw - proposed ground floor granny flat with a bathrm, kitchen, laundry, & two bedrooms. Add of first floor to the rear of existing dwg with an open plan kitchen, living & dining room
- Retaining walls$80k
New retaining walls
- Garages, sheds and carports$60k
Internal alterations including convert gge to bdrm
- New homes$450k
New dwg
- Fires and heating$5,000
Alt to dwg - installation of masport Rangitata beveled, dry, fireplace insert, wood burner, cac-203666
- Alterations and additions$2,000
Rbw - amendment to bco10385892 - the scope of amendment is to allow for rebuilding the front existing house with new verandah & internal layout changes to allow for verandah.
- Alterations and additions$90k
Rbw - minor dwg including 1 bdrm is created from existing 3-bdrm main dwg includes roof rebuild of patio area, fire separation & connection of new wastewater fixtures to existing inf
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install woodsman coleridge leg freestanding woodburner
- Retaining walls$50k
Replacement timber pole retaining wall that runs along part of the boundary between 4 & 6 Selwyn Ave
- Alterations and additions$4,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$1
Amend bracing plan-califont location & wardrobe layout
- Fires and heating$5,000
Install masport Rangitata inbuilt woodburner
- Alterations and additions$120k
Dwg alterations (wall removals - kitchen-bathrm-laundry & gas hot water)
- New homes$1.2m
Two new 1 x bdrm duplexes
- Commercial alterations$60k
Rbw - existing laundry converted to office with new wc. New laundry to one side of the existing walk through scullery. Re-pile of the original section of the house. New roof cladding & three new joi
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Avenues?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 450 new homes consented in the Whangarei District council area, with $283m of residential and $144m 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.