4th June 2025 ConsentsConsents in the Waikato region appear to take the longest in the country to be approved, according to the latest government data.
3rd June 2025 Consents / Stats NZThe value of non-residential building consents totalled $8.9bn in the year to April 2025, down 7.6% from the previous 12 months.
3rd June 2025 Consents / Stats NZThere were 2,418 new homes consented in April 2025, down 17% compared with April 2024, according to Stats NZ.
5th May 2025 Consents / Stats NZThe value of building consents issued for non-residential buildings for the year to March 2025 totalled $7.40bn.
5th May 2025 Consents / Stats NZThe value of residential building consents issued for the March 2025 year totalled $17.65bn, down 3.1% from the prior 12 months.
7th April 2025 Consents / ConstructionThe government says it will introduce legislation towards the middle of the year to make it easier to build small standalone dwellings without a building consent.
25th March 2025 Consents / RegulationThe govt says the high number of requests for information across commercial and residential consents applications justify reforms.
5th March 2025 Consents / WestpacStats NZ’s January 2025 data for consents portray mixed picture for commercial property, says Westpac.
5th March 2025 Consents / HotelsThe value of building consents issued for hotels, motels and other short term accommodation totalled $249m in the year to January 2025.
7th February 2025 ConsentsThe government’s fast-track approvals regime is open for applications.
4th February 2025 Consents / Stats NZThe annual value of offices, administration, and public transport buildings consented in the year to December 2024 totalled $1.84bn.
4th February 2025 Consents / Stats NZThere were 33,600 new homes consented in Aotearoa New Zealand in the year ended December 2024.
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