Building Consents Issued 3 August

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 June 2026, the seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented fell 3.6 percent, after falling 4.9 percent in May 2026.
  • In the year ended June 2026, the actual number of new dwellings consented was 40,581, up 19 percent from the year ended June 2025.
  • The annual value of non-residential building work consented was $8.8 billion, down 2.9 percent from the year ended June 2025.
  • In the year ended June 2026, the number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents was 7.6, compared with 6.4 in the year ended June 2025.

New dwellings consented

In June 2026, there were 3,471 new dwellings consented, comprising:

  • 1,658 stand-alone houses
  • 1,614 townhouses, flats, and units
  • 132 retirement village units
  • 67 apartments.

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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1995-01-011856
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2006-11-012163
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2007-04-012156
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2007-12-011927
2008-01-011888
2008-02-011838
2008-03-011770
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2008-05-011582
2008-06-011480
2008-07-011383
2008-08-011295
2008-09-011218
2008-10-011156
2008-11-011109
2008-12-011077
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
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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
2010-12-011096
2011-01-011069
2011-02-011045
2011-03-011031
2011-04-011032
2011-05-011051
2011-06-011083
2011-07-011117
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
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2012-10-011487
2012-11-011506
2012-12-011529
2013-01-011566
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2013-06-011723
2013-07-011736
2013-08-011765
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2013-10-011864
2013-11-011921
2013-12-011970
2014-01-012007
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2014-06-012071
2014-07-012050
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2014-11-012098
2014-12-012139
2015-01-012169
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2015-07-012174
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2015-10-012353
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2018-02-012693
2018-03-012779
2018-04-012839
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2018-06-012825
2018-07-012759
2018-08-012697
2018-09-012683
2018-10-012733
2018-11-012821
2018-12-012920
2019-01-013006
2019-02-013064
2019-03-013089
2019-04-013087
2019-05-013087
2019-06-013099
2019-07-013127
2019-08-013162
2019-09-013187
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2019-11-013167
2019-12-013130
2020-01-013092
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2020-04-013115
2020-05-013146
2020-06-013185
2020-07-013235
2020-08-013307
2020-09-013414
2020-10-013554
2020-11-013707
2020-12-013841
2021-01-013931
2021-02-013975
2021-03-013997
2021-04-014023
2021-05-014066
2021-06-014118
2021-07-014176
2021-08-014210
2021-09-014209
2021-10-014199
2021-11-014202
2021-12-014224
2022-01-014261
2022-02-014290
2022-03-014289
2022-04-014261
2022-05-014210
2022-06-014154
2022-07-014109
2022-08-014085
2022-09-014064
2022-10-014002
2022-11-013888
2022-12-013737
2023-01-013583
2023-02-013457
2023-03-013368
2023-04-013302
2023-05-013244
2023-06-013182
2023-07-013094
2023-08-012988
2023-09-012888
2023-10-012824
2023-11-012802
2023-12-012817
2024-01-012844
2024-02-012864
2024-03-012874
2024-04-012878
2024-05-012874
2024-06-012859
2024-07-012842
2024-08-012823
2024-09-012804
2024-10-012786
2024-11-012770
2024-12-012763
2025-01-012765
2025-02-012771
2025-03-012774
2025-04-012787
2025-05-012826
2025-06-012901
2025-07-013006
2025-08-013122
2025-09-013226
2025-10-013296
2025-11-013336
2025-12-013367
2026-01-013406
2026-02-013462
2026-03-013527
2026-04-013582
2026-05-013610
2026-06-013606

The seasonally adjusted number of new stand-alone houses consented fell 3.3 percent, after falling 1.5 percent in May 2026.

In the June 2026 quarter, the seasonally adjusted number of new homes consented rose 10 percent, after rising 1.4 percent in the March 2026 quarter.

Regional new dwellings consented

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

  • 17,097 in Auckland (up 20 percent)
  • 3,205 in Waikato (up 14 percent)
  • 2,217 in Wellington (up 17 percent)
  • 4,978 in rest of North Island (up 8.7 percent)
  • 8,647 in Canterbury (up 33 percent)
  • 4,437 in rest of South Island (up 13 percent).
"Region""2024""2025""2026"
"Northland"968753799
"Auckland"138551429517097
"Waikato"303328003205
"Bay of Plenty"157814721700
"Gisborne"179143227
"Hawke's Bay"691657738
"Taranaki"367470449
"Manawatū-Whanganui"111410861065
"Wellington"213318892217
"Tasman"271301315
"Nelson"222240324
"Marlborough"268191206
"West Coast"198203166
"Canterbury"661864998647
"Otago"178826372982
"Southland"342342444

New dwellings consented per 1,000 residents

The number of new dwellings consented per 1,000 residents across New Zealand was 7.6 for the year ended June 2026, compared with 6.4 in the year ended June 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"4.83.74
"Auckland"7.77.99.4
"Waikato"5.85.36
"Bay of Plenty"4.54.24.8
"Gisborne"3.42.74.3
"Hawke's Bay"3.83.74.1
"Taranaki"2.83.63.4
"Manawatū-Whanganui"4.34.24.1
"Wellington"3.93.54.1
"Tasman"4.555.3
"Nelson"4.14.46
"Marlborough"5.33.84.1
"West Coast"5.75.94.8
"Canterbury"9.69.312.4
"Otago"7.110.411.7
"Southland"3.33.34.2
"New Zealand"6.46.47.6

Non-residential building consents

In the year ended June 2026, non-residential building consents totalled $8.8 billion, down 2.9 percent from the year ended June 2025. This series can be influenced by price changes - non-residential construction prices (as measured by the capital goods price index) were up 1.6 percent in the year ended March 2026.

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

  • offices, administration, and public transport buildings at $1.7 billion (down 2.7 percent)
  • education buildings at $1.3 billion (up 4.2 percent)
  • storage buildings at $1.3 billion (down 8.0 percent).
"Building type"202420252026
"Offices"157925032817209003271674517627
"Education"103488597612692559441323010796
"Storage"141800358514141373041300879422
"Factories"118254032913305512611078640940
"Shops"792720471842799304808259450
"Social"978319442832653027749004826
"Health"1459817533878839309705442966
"Hostels and prisons"95203229227403417406054855
"Hotels"295532190263314722392881862
"Farm"244890462262357994345809306

Update to data revisions

Building consents issued: June 2026 includes revised data for Porirua city for June 2025, due to improved information.

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