Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Building consents in Ōkārito
56 new homes were consented in the Westland District council area in the year to September 2026, up 8% on the year before. They also consented $4.9m of non-residential building work, down 16% on the year before. In the statistical area around Ōkārito, 0 new homes were consented in the same year. Below: 11 consents we hold in Ōkārito, searchable and on the map.
Stats NZ publishes building consents down to the council, so the official figures on this page are for the Westland District council area, and new homes down to statistical areas, which is how Ōkārito’s own count is made.
New homes consented each month
Dwellings in new building consents, Westland 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 80 in 2004.
New homes in Ōkārito
Stats NZ’s new dwellings for the statistical area Ōkārito sits in (Whataroa-Harihari) — the suburb is smaller than one. In the year to September 2026: 0 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 — Westland 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.
- Shops, restaurants and bars$2m
+408% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$1.2m
1 building · 240 m² new floor area · $833/m² new · +449% on the year before
- Farm buildings$938k
9 buildings · 1,676 m² new floor area · $542/m² new · +42% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$610k
+20% on the year before
- Education$155k
−67% on the year before
Consents on record in Ōkārito
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 11 from 1 Oct 2020 to 1 Apr 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
1 in the last 12 months · typically $75k
- Garages, sheds and carports2
2 in the last 12 months · typically $150k
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater1
1 in the last 12 months · typically $30k
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts1
typically $200k
- Retaining walls1
typically $80k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $300kAlterations to the existing dwg - demolish the single gge & rebuild an attached dbl gge & new entry foyer. Internal alterations including a lower deck & private lift. 107 The Strand
- $100kInternal alterations to existing dwg. Change 3 single-glazed windows & door to dbl-glazed, new shower, replace fire, remove internal wall & add a lintel 5 The Strand
- $30kReposition existing house onsite 17 Albert Street
- $1Alterations to the existing dwg - demolish the single gge & rebuild an attached dbl gge & new entry foyer. Internal alterations including a lower deck & private lift. Amendment 1: specific engineering design (sed) for a deck which 107 The Strand
11 consents
- Plumbing, drainage and wastewater$30k
Reposition existing house onsite
- Garages, sheds and carports$1
Alterations to the existing dwg - demolish the single gge & rebuild an attached dbl gge & new entry foyer. Internal alterations including a lower deck & private lift. Amendment 1: specific engineering design (sed) for a deck which
- Alterations and additions$100k
Internal alterations to existing dwg. Change 3 single-glazed windows & door to dbl-glazed, new shower, replace fire, remove internal wall & add a lintel
- Garages, sheds and carports$300k
Alterations to the existing dwg - demolish the single gge & rebuild an attached dbl gge & new entry foyer. Internal alterations including a lower deck & private lift.
- Minor dwellings and sleepouts$200k
New timber framed dwg & sleepout. Onsite storm water & wastewater. Metro tiny rad wood burner in dwg & roaring meg wood burner in sleepout.
- Alterations and additions$20k
Construction of a stand-alone pole canopy.
- Retaining walls$80k
Replacement of failing sections of timber pole retaining wall.
- Alterations and additions$100k
Renovation of kitchen & laundry area
- Alterations and additions$50k
Rbw - 2 Dovedale place - internal remediation work to unit 02 - block d, due to hot water cylinder leakage.
- Fires and heating$2,500
Install a log burner
- Alterations and additions$8,000
New disposal field
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Questions
How many building consents were issued in Ōkārito?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 56 new homes consented in the Westland District council area, with $26m of residential and $4.9m 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.