New Zealand needs more homes, faster—and that requires a system that enables skilled professionals to do their jobs efficiently,” Penk said.

August 28 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand home-building consents rebounded in July from a weak June figure, suggesting the residential construction industry is closer to a revival as demand for housing ...

A lift in building consents is an encouraging sign for the building sector. There were 36,944 new homes consented in New Zealand in the year ended January 2026, up 9.3% on the year ended January 2025, ...

The launch of New Zealand’s second private Building Consent Authority (BCA) will add competition and capacity to the building consent system, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk says.

Reform of the building consent regime will mark the beginning of a "new era for the construction industry", a developers' lobby group says. The government announced on Sunday it would be reforming the ...

WELLINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - The number of new dwelling consents approved in New Zealand fell a seasonally adjusted 2.2 percent in May compared with a 2.6 percent drop in the previous month, data ...

New Zealand has removed the need for building consent to install rooftop solar on any structure, under new rules designed to streamline deployment while maintaining code compliance. NZ Building and ...

In May 2025, the seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented rose 10 percent, after falling 15 percent in April 2025. • In the year ended May 2025, the actual number of new dwellings ...