Building consent authority

Building consent authorities (BCAs) are officials who enforce New Zealand's regulatory building control system. The New Zealand Building Act 2004 sets out a registration and accreditation scheme and technical reviews. The Act creates operational roles for BCAs.

Authorities
The following are the approved building consent authorities listed on the MBIE Register: Note that the register lists 80 BCAs but some of these are former territorial authorities that have been amalgamated into Auckland Council (such as Franklin District Council and North Shore City Council). Building consents on the Chatham Islands are contracted out to Wellington City Council and large dams on the Chatham's to Environment Canterbury. In addition to the regional and territorial authorities, Housing New Zealand made a decision in 2019 to establish Consentium, a national BCA in Kāinga Ora, that is responsible for building consents for public housing (up to and including four storeys) across New Zealand that Kāinga Ora intends to retain. Consentium achieved Accreditation in November 2020 and Registration in March 2021.


 * 1) Ashburton District Council
 * 2) Auckland Council
 * 3) Banks Peninsula District Council
 * 4) Buller District Council
 * 5) Carterton District Council
 * 6) Central Hawkes Bay District Council
 * 7) Central Otago District Council
 * 8) Christchurch City Council
 * 9) Clutha District Council
 * 10) Consentium, a division of Kāinga Ora
 * 11) Dunedin City Council
 * 12) Environment Canterbury
 * 13) Environment Waikato
 * 14) Far North District Council
 * 15) Gisborne District Council
 * 16) Gore District Council
 * 17) Grey District Council
 * 18) Hamilton City Council
 * 19) Hastings District Council
 * 20) Hauraki District Council
 * 21) Horowhenua District Council
 * 22) Hurunui District Council
 * 23) Hutt City Council
 * 24) Invercargill City Council
 * 25) Kaikōura District Council
 * 26) Kaipara District Council
 * 27) Kapiti Coast District Council
 * 28) Kawerau District Council
 * 29) MacKenzie District Council
 * 30) Manawatu District Council
 * 31) Marlborough District Council
 * 32) Masterton District Council
 * 33) Matamata-Piako District Council
 * 34) Napier City Council
 * 35) Nelson City Council
 * 36) New Plymouth District Council
 * 37) Northland District Council
 * 38) Opotiki District Council
 * 39) Otago Regional Council
 * 40) Otorohanga District Council
 * 41) Palmerston North City Council
 * 42) Porirua City Council
 * 43) Queenstown Lakes District Council
 * 44) Rangitikei District Council
 * 45) Rotorua District Council
 * 46) Ruapehu District Council
 * 47) Selwyn District Council
 * 48) South Taranaki District Council
 * 49) South Waikato District Council
 * 50) South Wairarapa District Council
 * 51) Southland District Council
 * 52) Stratford District Council
 * 53) Tararua District Council
 * 54) Tasman District Council
 * 55) Taupo District Council
 * 56) Tauranga City Council
 * 57) Thames-Coromandel District Council
 * 58) Timaru District Council
 * 59) Upper Hutt City Council
 * 60) Waikato District Council
 * 61) Waikato Regional Council
 * 62) Waimakariri District Council
 * 63) Waimate District Council
 * 64) Waipa District Council
 * 65) Wairoa District Council
 * 66) Waitaki District Council
 * 67) Waitomo District Council
 * 68) Wellington City Council
 * 69) Western Bay of Plenty District Council
 * 70) Westland District Council
 * 71) Whakatane District Council
 * 72) Whanganui District Council
 * 73) Whangarei District Council