Building Consents Issued 2 September

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 July 2026, the seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented fell 4.3 percent, after falling 3.7 percent in June 2026.
  • In the year ended July 2026, the actual number of new dwellings consented was 40,908, up 21 percent from the year ended July 2025.
  • The annual value of non-residential building work consented was $8.8 billion, down 2.5 percent from the year ended July 2025.
  • In the year ended July 2026, the number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 7.7, compared with 6.4 in the year ended July 2025.

New dwellings consented

In July 2026, there were 3,579 new dwellings consented, comprising:

  • 1,769 stand-alone houses
  • 1,567 townhouses, flats, and units
  • 196 apartments
  • 47 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.

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2025-12-013128
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2026-06-013471
2026-07-013579
1995-01-011855
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2005-12-012480
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2006-08-012243
2006-09-012250
2006-10-012216
2006-11-012163
2006-12-012115
2007-01-012090
2007-02-012093
2007-03-012119
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
2008-03-011770
2008-04-011681
2008-05-011582
2008-06-011480
2008-07-011383
2008-08-011295
2008-09-011218
2008-10-011156
2008-11-011109
2008-12-011078
2009-01-011065
2009-02-011067
2009-03-011080
2009-04-011096
2009-05-011117
2009-06-011146
2009-07-011185
2009-08-011231
2009-09-011280
2009-10-011326
2009-11-011365
2009-12-011392
2010-01-011405
2010-02-011414
2010-03-011421
2010-04-011420
2010-05-011403
2010-06-011367
2010-07-011318
2010-08-011264
2010-09-011214
2010-10-011169
2010-11-011129
2010-12-011097
2011-01-011069
2011-02-011045
2011-03-011031
2011-04-011032
2011-05-011051
2011-06-011084
2011-07-011118
2011-08-011151
2011-09-011178
2011-10-011199
2011-11-011220
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
2013-03-011660
2013-04-011696
2013-05-011715
2013-06-011723
2013-07-011736
2013-08-011765
2013-09-011811
2013-10-011865
2013-11-011921
2013-12-011970
2014-01-012007
2014-02-012035
2014-03-012061
2014-04-012079
2014-05-012082
2014-06-012071
2014-07-012050
2014-08-012035
2014-09-012037
2014-10-012061
2014-11-012100
2014-12-012143
2015-01-012174
2015-02-012181
2015-03-012173
2015-04-012159
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2015-06-012154
2015-07-012175
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2015-09-012283
2015-10-012353
2015-11-012406
2015-12-012426
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2016-03-012412
2016-04-012439
2016-05-012494
2016-06-012560
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2016-08-012623
2016-09-012597
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2016-11-012499
2016-12-012472
2017-01-012462
2017-02-012460
2017-03-012471
2017-04-012508
2017-05-012556
2017-06-012608
2017-07-012663
2017-08-012704
2017-09-012704
2017-10-012663
2017-11-012610
2017-12-012584
2018-01-012616
2018-02-012692
2018-03-012779
2018-04-012839
2018-05-012854
2018-06-012825
2018-07-012759
2018-08-012698
2018-09-012684
2018-10-012733
2018-11-012821
2018-12-012920
2019-01-013005
2019-02-013063
2019-03-013088
2019-04-013087
2019-05-013087
2019-06-013100
2019-07-013127
2019-08-013163
2019-09-013187
2019-10-013189
2019-11-013167
2019-12-013131
2020-01-013093
2020-02-013078
2020-03-013090
2020-04-013116
2020-05-013147
2020-06-013185
2020-07-013236
2020-08-013308
2020-09-013415
2020-10-013554
2020-11-013707
2020-12-013841
2021-01-013930
2021-02-013974
2021-03-013996
2021-04-014022
2021-05-014066
2021-06-014119
2021-07-014178
2021-08-014213
2021-09-014212
2021-10-014201
2021-11-014202
2021-12-014223
2022-01-014257
2022-02-014284
2022-03-014283
2022-04-014257
2022-05-014210
2022-06-014158
2022-07-014115
2022-08-014092
2022-09-014070
2022-10-014005
2022-11-013888
2022-12-013734
2023-01-013577
2023-02-013449
2023-03-013362
2023-04-013299
2023-05-013247
2023-06-013189
2023-07-013104
2023-08-012999
2023-09-012896
2023-10-012828
2023-11-012802
2023-12-012814
2024-01-012840
2024-02-012858
2024-03-012864
2024-04-012862
2024-05-012851
2024-06-012833
2024-07-012819
2024-08-012806
2024-09-012794
2024-10-012782
2024-11-012770
2024-12-012762
2025-01-012759
2025-02-012760
2025-03-012762
2025-04-012780
2025-05-012826
2025-06-012910
2025-07-013022
2025-08-013140
2025-09-013242
2025-10-013305
2025-11-013335
2025-12-013358
2026-01-013393
2026-02-013447
2026-03-013506
2026-04-013548
2026-05-013552
2026-06-013518
2026-07-013460

The seasonally adjusted number of new stand-alone houses consented fell 0.1 percent, after falling 3.5 percent in June 2026.

Regional new dwellings consented

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

  • 17,260 in Auckland (up 20 percent)
  • 3,226 in Waikato (up 15 percent)
  • 2,301 in Wellington (up 17 percent)
  • 5,011 in rest of North Island (up 12 percent)
  • 8,732 in Canterbury (up 33 percent)
  • 4,378 in rest of South Island (up 18 percent).
"Region""2024""2025""2026"
"Northland"925748838
"Auckland"136621434717260
"Waikato"302228073226
"Bay of Plenty"154514241690
"Gisborne"173147229
"Hawke's Bay"706675751
"Taranaki"402428468
"Manawatū-Whanganui"117710441035
"Wellington"211819622301
"Tasman"287296301
"Nelson"222255298
"Marlborough"262190211
"West Coast"194191164
"Canterbury"676265868732
"Otago"211824332950
"Southland"344345454

New dwellings consented per 1,000 residents

The number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents across New Zealand was 7.7 for the year ended July 2026, compared with 6.4 in the year ended July 2025. The record number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 13.4 in the year ended December 1973.

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"4.63.74.2
"Auckland"7.67.99.5
"Waikato"5.75.36.1
"Bay of Plenty"4.44.14.8
"Gisborne"3.32.84.3
"Hawke's Bay"3.93.84.2
"Taranaki"3.13.33.6
"Manawatū-Whanganui"4.544
"Wellington"3.93.64.2
"Tasman"4.84.95
"Nelson"4.14.75.5
"Marlborough"5.13.74.2
"West Coast"5.65.54.7
"Canterbury"9.89.412.5
"Otago"8.49.611.6
"Southland"3.33.34.3
"New Zealand"6.46.47.7

Non-residential building consents

In the year ended July 2026, non-residential building consents totalled $8.8 billion, down 2.5 percent from the year ended July 2025. This series can be influenced by price changes - non-residential construction prices (as measured by the capital goods price index) were up 2.2 percent in the year ended June 2026.

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

  • offices, administration, and public transport buildings at $1.7 billion (down 2.3 percent)
  • storage buildings at $1.3 billion (down 1.2 percent)
  • education buildings at $1.3 billion (up 8.4 percent).
"Building type"202420252026
"Offices"156770605617197635521680094564
"Storage"138464340013510732651334649882
"Education"110656330512180106421320595085
"Factories"114927668812876155501109718676
"Shops"796892564874504851799722325
"Social"957169785865411836731320089
"Health"1321441103948345164633584625
"Hostels and prisons"92113229267339941469034955
"Hotels"315851260252249312388028202
"Farm"248765448264515186359086429

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