Building Consents Issued 1 May

Building consent statistics are about the number, floor area, and value of new homes, non-residential buildings, and alterations approved for construction.

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Key facts

  • In March 2026, the seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented fell 1.3 percent, after rising 2.8 percent in February 2026.
  • In the year ended March 2026, the actual number of new dwellings consented was 37,813, up 11 percent from the year ended March 2025.
  • The annual value of non-residential building work consented was $9.0 billion, up 1.2 percent from the year ended March 2025.
  • In the year ended March 2026, the number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 7.1, compared with 6.4 in the year ended March 2025.

New dwellings consented

In March 2026, there were 3,677 new dwellings consented, comprising:

  • 1,729 stand-alone houses
  • 1,556 townhouses, flats, and units
  • 265 apartments
  • 127 retirement village units.

The number of dwellings consented each month can vary significantly due to the timing of large multi-dwelling projects, such as townhouses and apartment buildings.

1995-01-011506
1995-02-011914
1995-03-012060
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2008-11-011168
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2009-09-011430
2009-10-011424
2009-11-011500
2009-12-011353
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2010-07-011473
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2010-10-011123
2010-11-011470
2010-12-01994
2011-01-01867
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2018-11-013120
2018-12-012382
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2020-07-013391
2020-08-013156
2020-09-013605
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2021-02-013129
2021-03-014222
2021-04-013995
2021-05-014201
2021-06-014316
2021-07-014222
2021-08-014508
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2021-10-014048
2021-11-014692
2021-12-014128
2022-01-012835
2022-02-014195
2022-03-015303
2022-04-013719
2022-05-014528
2022-06-014037
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2022-10-013568
2022-11-014649
2022-12-013457
2023-01-012777
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2023-05-013725
2023-06-013402
2023-07-013058
2023-08-013170
2023-09-012898
2023-10-013060
2023-11-012958
2023-12-012487
2024-01-011991
2024-02-012795
2024-03-012931
2024-04-012926
2024-05-013175
2024-06-012178
2024-07-013352
2024-08-012881
2024-09-012943
2024-10-012850
2024-11-013100
2024-12-012478
2025-01-012203
2025-02-012578
2025-03-013398
2025-04-012418
2025-05-013151
2025-06-012627
2025-07-013252
2025-08-013080
2025-09-013747
2025-10-013520
2025-11-013517
2025-12-013128
2026-01-012528
2026-02-013168
2026-03-013677
1995-01-011854
1995-02-011953
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1995-04-011693
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1995-07-011632
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1998-08-011555
1998-09-011468
1998-10-011537
1998-11-011977
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1999-08-012392
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1999-10-012242
1999-11-011904
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2000-12-011455
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2001-02-011621
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2001-12-011707
2002-01-011708
2002-02-012017
2002-03-012039
2002-04-012086
2002-05-012077
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2002-07-012483
2002-08-012063
2002-09-012358
2002-10-013216
2002-11-012198
2002-12-012647
2003-01-012257
2003-02-012022
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2003-07-012438
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2003-09-012739
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2004-05-012666
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2004-08-012219
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2004-11-012351
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2005-05-011944
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2005-07-012074
2005-08-012091
2005-09-012096
2005-10-011970
2005-11-012038
2005-12-012478
2006-01-012167
2006-02-012331
2006-03-012090
2006-04-011939
2006-05-012158
2006-06-012017
2006-07-012273
2006-08-012202
2006-09-012399
2006-10-012321
2006-11-012051
2006-12-011997
2007-01-012080
2007-02-012127
2007-03-012184
2007-04-012117
2007-05-012150
2007-06-012714
2007-07-012122
2007-08-012274
2007-09-011995
2007-10-011932
2007-11-011960
2007-12-011906
2008-01-012006
2008-02-011795
2008-03-011750
2008-04-012371
2008-05-011584
2008-06-011498
2008-07-011339
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2008-09-011464
2008-10-011105
2008-11-011134
2008-12-011125
2009-01-01990
2009-02-011094
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2009-05-011223
2009-06-011117
2009-07-011121
2009-08-011219
2009-09-011285
2009-10-011393
2009-11-011369
2009-12-011394
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2010-02-011441
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2010-07-011413
2010-08-011192
2010-09-011178
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2012-12-011531
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2007-04-012156
2007-05-012179
2007-06-012179
2007-07-012155
2007-08-012115
2007-09-012066
2007-10-012015
2007-11-011968
2007-12-011927
2008-01-011888
2008-02-011838
2008-03-011769
2008-04-011681
2008-05-011582
2008-06-011480
2008-07-011384
2008-08-011297
2008-09-011219
2008-10-011157
2008-11-011109
2008-12-011078
2009-01-011065
2009-02-011067
2009-03-011079
2009-04-011095
2009-05-011116
2009-06-011145
2009-07-011184
2009-08-011230
2009-09-011280
2009-10-011326
2009-11-011365
2009-12-011392
2010-01-011405
2010-02-011414
2010-03-011421
2010-04-011421
2010-05-011403
2010-06-011367
2010-07-011318
2010-08-011264
2010-09-011214
2010-10-011169
2010-11-011129
2010-12-011097
2011-01-011070
2011-02-011046
2011-03-011031
2011-04-011032
2011-05-011051
2011-06-011084
2011-07-011118
2011-08-011151
2011-09-011177
2011-10-011198
2011-11-011219
2011-12-011242
2012-01-011263
2012-02-011283
2012-03-011297
2012-04-011311
2012-05-011333
2012-06-011364
2012-07-011402
2012-08-011437
2012-09-011464
2012-10-011487
2012-11-011506
2012-12-011529
2013-01-011566
2013-02-011614
2013-03-011661
2013-04-011697
2013-05-011716
2013-06-011723
2013-07-011736
2013-08-011765
2013-09-011810
2013-10-011864
2013-11-011920
2013-12-011970
2014-01-012007
2014-02-012036
2014-03-012062
2014-04-012080
2014-05-012082
2014-06-012071
2014-07-012049
2014-08-012034
2014-09-012037
2014-10-012061
2014-11-012097
2014-12-012138
2015-01-012167
2015-02-012173
2015-03-012164
2015-04-012152
2015-05-012147
2015-06-012152
2015-07-012174
2015-08-012219
2015-09-012283
2015-10-012353
2015-11-012407
2015-12-012427
2016-01-012418
2016-02-012409
2016-03-012414
2016-04-012442
2016-05-012497
2016-06-012562
2016-07-012613
2016-08-012624
2016-09-012596
2016-10-012545
2016-11-012498
2016-12-012472
2017-01-012463
2017-02-012461
2017-03-012472
2017-04-012509
2017-05-012556
2017-06-012608
2017-07-012662
2017-08-012703
2017-09-012704
2017-10-012663
2017-11-012610
2017-12-012585
2018-01-012616
2018-02-012693
2018-03-012779
2018-04-012838
2018-05-012854
2018-06-012825
2018-07-012759
2018-08-012698
2018-09-012684
2018-10-012734
2018-11-012821
2018-12-012921
2019-01-013006
2019-02-013064
2019-03-013089
2019-04-013087
2019-05-013087
2019-06-013099
2019-07-013127
2019-08-013163
2019-09-013187
2019-10-013188
2019-11-013166
2019-12-013130
2020-01-013093
2020-02-013077
2020-03-013089
2020-04-013115
2020-05-013146
2020-06-013184
2020-07-013235
2020-08-013307
2020-09-013415
2020-10-013554
2020-11-013707
2020-12-013840
2021-01-013930
2021-02-013974
2021-03-013996
2021-04-014022
2021-05-014066
2021-06-014119
2021-07-014178
2021-08-014212
2021-09-014210
2021-10-014198
2021-11-014199
2021-12-014221
2022-01-014258
2022-02-014288
2022-03-014289
2022-04-014263
2022-05-014214
2022-06-014159
2022-07-014113
2022-08-014088
2022-09-014065
2022-10-013998
2022-11-013880
2022-12-013728
2023-01-013576
2023-02-013455
2023-03-013372
2023-04-013311
2023-05-013256
2023-06-013192
2023-07-013100
2023-08-012990
2023-09-012887
2023-10-012822
2023-11-012800
2023-12-012816
2024-01-012847
2024-02-012873
2024-03-012888
2024-04-012893
2024-05-012884
2024-06-012862
2024-07-012839
2024-08-012815
2024-09-012792
2024-10-012775
2024-11-012761
2024-12-012754
2025-01-012755
2025-02-012757
2025-03-012759
2025-04-012774
2025-05-012814
2025-06-012892
2025-07-013000
2025-08-013119
2025-09-013225
2025-10-013300
2025-11-013341
2025-12-013360
2026-01-013366
2026-02-013377
2026-03-013396

The seasonally adjusted number of new stand-alone houses consented rose 0.3 percent, after rising 4.2 percent in February 2026.

In the March 2026 quarter, the seasonally adjusted number of new homes consented rose 0.5 percent, after rising 5.6 percent in the December 2025 quarter.

Regional new dwellings consented

By region, the numbers of new dwellings consented in the year ended March 2026 (compared with the year ended March 2025) were:

  • 15,985 in Auckland (up 14 percent)
  • 2,977 in Waikato (up 3.5 percent)
  • 1,965 in Wellington (up 3.8 percent)
  • 4,685 in rest of North Island (down 1.4 percent)
  • 8,029 in Canterbury (up 21 percent)
  • 4,171 in rest of South Island (up 8.6 percent).
"Region""2024""2025""2026"
"Northland"1028714753
"Auckland"146991404915985
"Waikato"322828762977
"Bay of Plenty"157915971546
"Gisborne"170168201
"Hawke's Bay"758693658
"Taranaki"388477438
"Manawatū-Whanganui"117111031089
"Wellington"235818931965
"Tasman"276294299
"Nelson"254224308
"Marlborough"250233201
"West Coast"209208163
"Canterbury"657566518029
"Otago"195225562751
"Southland"340325449

New dwellings consented per 1,000 residents

The number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents across New Zealand was 7.1 for the year ended March 2026, compared with 6.4 in the year ended March 2025. The record number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 13.4 in the year ended December 1973.

The dwellings consented per 1,000 residents series from July 2018 to February 2025 were revised after publication of Estimated resident population (2023-base): At 30 June 2023 on 16 April 2025.

National population estimates are updated quarterly, and subnational population estimates are updated annually in October, and are provisional. Population estimates after June 2023 used the 2023-base estimated resident population, superseding earlier 2018-base estimates.

Population has more information about estimated resident population.

"Region""2024""2025""2026"
"Northland"5.13.63.7
"Auckland"8.27.78.8
"Waikato"6.15.45.6
"Bay of Plenty"4.54.54.4
"Gisborne"3.23.23.8
"Hawke's Bay"4.23.93.7
"Taranaki"33.73.4
"Manawatū-Whanganui"4.54.24.2
"Wellington"4.33.53.6
"Tasman"4.64.95
"Nelson"4.74.15.7
"Marlborough"4.94.64
"West Coast"6.164.7
"Canterbury"9.59.511.5
"Otago"7.710.110.8
"Southland"3.33.14.3
"New Zealand"6.76.47.1

Non-residential building consents

In the year ended March 2026, non-residential building consents totalled $9.0 billion, up 1.2 percent from the year ended March 2025. This series can be influenced by price changes - non-residential construction prices (as measured by the capital goods price index) were up 1.5 percent in the year ended December 2025.

In the year ended March 2026, the non-residential building types with the highest values were:

  • offices, administration, and public transport buildings at $1.8 billion (up 5.3 percent)
  • education buildings at $1.4 billion (up 16 percent)
  • factories at $1.3 billion (up 3.6 percent).
"Building type"202420252026
"Offices"164136590616841450261773852079
"Education"120287892211923641821381086979
"Factories"126862220412169096461260953252
"Storage"144256067713507715111214493474
"Shops"892131707909792616838524924
"Social"936176316742283390816267272
"Health"1552048334994491359746751530
"Hostels and prisons"55214028241121873331958335
"Farm"246337686249261254328203930
"Hotels"311591615283884056277788676

Update to geographies

Building consents issued: March 2026 includes a routine update to geographies. All subnational series have been updated to use 2026 geographic areas.

The changes are noted with a revision flag on the affected series in the published tables and CSV files under Download data, and relevant Infoshare series.

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Building consents issued: April 2026 will be released on 3 June 2026.

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