Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Whareora
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. Below: 41 consents we hold in Whareora, 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.
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.
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 Whareora
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 41 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.
- New homes14
3 in the last 12 months · typically $490k
- Alterations and additions11
2 in the last 12 months · typically $6,400
- Pools and spas2
typically $29k
- Garages, sheds and carports1
typically $200k
- Relocated buildings1
typically $2,000
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $680kNew dwg 810B Whareora Road, Whareora
- $510kNew dwg 882 Whareora Road, Whareora
- $490kNew dwg 881 Whareora Road, Whareora
- $8,000New heating appliance 12 Rebel Lane, Whareora
- $7,000New heating appliance 18 Pataua North Road, Whareora
41 consents
- Alterations and additions$7,000
New heating appliance
- New homes$680k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$8,000
New heating appliance
- New homes$490k
New dwg
- New homes$510k
New dwg
- New homes$370k
New dwg
- New homes$490k
New dwg
- New homes$700k
New dwg
- New homes$400k
New dwg
- New homes$350k
New dwg
- Alterations and additions$6,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$3,000
New heating appliance
- New homes$850k
New dwg & swimming pool
- Alterations and additions$7,000
New heating appliance
- Pools and spas$7,500
New swimming pool fence
- Garages, sheds and carports$200k
New shed
- Pools and spas$50k
New swimming pool & fence
- New homes$1m
New dwg, swimming pool & retaining wall
- Relocated buildings$2,000
New relocatable dwg amendment 1: change to deck shape
- New homes$320k
New dwg & shed
- Alterations and additions$6,000
New heating appliance
- Alterations and additions$8,000
New heating appliance
- New homes$427k
New minor dwg
- Alterations and additions$5,300
New heating appliance
- New homes$398k
New dwg
ResidentialCommercial The dots are this page of the list.
Suburbs in Whareora
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Whareora?
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.