Auckland consented 1,478 new dwellings in October 2025, a lift on the same month last year, Auckland Council says.

For Coasties watching the housing squeeze, the key point is this.

The city can zone for far more homes than it actually builds.

Auckland Council’s Plan Change 120 and earlier Plan Change 78 provide zoning capacity for up to two million new dwellings over the next 30 years.

That is enabling capacity, not a construction target.

The real pace is set by the market and delivery.

Auckland has been building at a record pace of around 14,000 to 18,000 homes a year recently.

The year ending October 2025 saw 15,017 dwellings consented, right in that band.

What is being approved is also changing.

In October, nearly two-thirds of new dwellings were attached homes like townhouses and units.

Houses were less than a third. Apartments were a small share.

Most building is still happening inside the Rural Urban Boundary.

About one in four consents were within a 1,500m walk of rapid transit.

A smaller slice, 6 per cent in October, overlapped hazard zones. Over the past year, that share was 11 per cent.

Central government is also leaning in on social housing.

The 2025 Budget allocates funding to deliver at least 550 more social homes in Auckland in 2025/2026, on top of 1,500 funded earlier, with a new Flexible Fund replacing earlier programmes.

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