The number of new dwelling consents issued throughout the country dropped sharply to 2106 in April. That's down 673 from 2779 in March, and down 255, or 11%, from 2361 in April last year, according to Statistics NZ.
Just 726 new dwellings were consented in Auckland in April, which was just 58% of the number that need to be built each month to keep pace with rising demand.
That means Auckland's housing crisis is continuing to worsen each month, with migration running at record levels, but new housing supply continuing to fall well short of what is required.
Within the Auckland region the highest number of new consents issued was in the upmarket central Auckland suburbs (166), followed by Albany on the North Shore (125).
But only 73 were issued in Manurewa-Papakura and 60 in Franklin, suggesting that most of the new consents were for more expensive homes in the more upmarket suburbs, with a lesser level of activity in the more affordable parts of the region., which would worsen the housing crisis for people on low incomes struggling to get a home.