Average rent by city and district
Typical weekly rent for a whole home in each of New Zealand’s 66 cities and districts, July 2025 to June 2026, with the change on the same twelve months a year earlier. For suburb-by-suburb figures: Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga.
| City or district | Typical rent / week | vs year before | Bonds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northland Region | |||
| Far North District | $548 | +4% | 900 |
| Whangarei District | $584 | Flat | 2,091 |
| Kaipara District | $584 | +9% | 495 |
| Auckland Region | |||
| Auckland | $664 | Flat | 57,492 |
| Waikato Region | |||
| Thames-Coromandel District | $569 | −3% | 369 |
| Hauraki District | $553 | Flat | 306 |
| Waikato District | $626 | Flat | 1,224 |
| Matamata-Piako District | $602 | +5% | 588 |
| Hamilton City | $570 | Flat | 7,296 |
| Waipa District | $640 | Flat | 1,080 |
| Otorohanga District | $513 | +6% | 138 |
| South Waikato District | $500 | +4% | 693 |
| Waitomo District | $445 | Flat | 102 |
| Taupo District | $622 | +4% | 1,017 |
| Bay of Plenty Region | |||
| Western Bay of Plenty District | $626 | −3% | 873 |
| Tauranga City | $699 | Flat | 3,843 |
| Rotorua District | $577 | Flat | 1,860 |
| Whakatane District | $578 | Flat | 507 |
| Kawerau District | $538 | +4% | 177 |
| Opotiki District | $494 | Flat | 105 |
| Gisborne Region | |||
| Gisborne District | $631 | −2% | 825 |
| Hawke's Bay Region | |||
| Wairoa District | $460 | +6% | 123 |
| Hastings District | $616 | −3% | 1,410 |
| Napier City | $634 | −2% | 1,329 |
| Central Hawke's Bay District | $555 | Flat | 216 |
| Taranaki Region | |||
| New Plymouth District | $603 | Flat | 1,929 |
| Stratford District | $555 | Flat | 162 |
| South Taranaki District | $520 | Flat | 456 |
| Manawatu-Wanganui Region | |||
| Ruapehu District | $428 | −3% | 294 |
| Whanganui District | $514 | Flat | 1,143 |
| Rangitikei District | $483 | Flat | 243 |
| Manawatu District | $559 | +2% | 453 |
| Palmerston North City | $557 | Flat | 2,724 |
| Tararua District | $484 | +3% | 261 |
| Horowhenua District | $517 | Flat | 1,002 |
| Wellington Region | |||
| Kapiti Coast District | $631 | Flat | 990 |
| Porirua City | $643 | Flat | 903 |
| Upper Hutt City | $613 | −5% | 876 |
| Lower Hutt City | $601 | −3% | 2,769 |
| Wellington City | $603 | −6% | 10,704 |
| Masterton District | $525 | −2% | 708 |
| Carterton District | $510 | −6% | 180 |
| South Wairarapa District | $549 | Flat | 192 |
| Tasman Region | |||
| Tasman District | $589 | Flat | 822 |
| Nelson Region | |||
| Nelson City | $569 | Flat | 1,296 |
| Marlborough Region | |||
| Marlborough District | $561 | Flat | 927 |
| Canterbury Region | |||
| Kaikoura District | $537 | +3% | 63 |
| Hurunui District | $516 | −2% | 162 |
| Waimakariri District | $598 | +2% | 735 |
| Christchurch City | $570 | Flat | 14,634 |
| Selwyn District | $633 | Flat | 1,668 |
| Ashburton District | $495 | +2% | 597 |
| Timaru District | $484 | Flat | 702 |
| Mackenzie District | $410 | −15% | 96 |
| Waimate District | $428 | +4% | 72 |
| Waitaki District | $470 | +3% | 267 |
| West Coast Region | |||
| Buller District | $442 | +3% | 162 |
| Grey District | $485 | Flat | 114 |
| Westland District | $423 | +9% | 96 |
| Otago Region | |||
| Central Otago District | $640 | +2% | 504 |
| Queenstown-Lakes District | $830 | +4% | 2,340 |
| Dunedin City | $665 | +4% | 4,575 |
| Clutha District | $463 | Flat | 180 |
| Southland Region | |||
| Southland District | $484 | +4% | 201 |
| Gore District | $485 | +6% | 222 |
| Invercargill City | $489 | Flat | 1,416 |
Where these numbers come from
Rents come from Tenancy Services rental bond data (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, CC BY 3.0 NZ), covering bonds lodged from July 2025 to June 2026. “Typical rent” is the four quarterly medians combined and weighted by the number of bonds behind each. That is close to a twelve-month median but not exactly one, which is why we call it typical rather than median.
It counts whole homes only: houses, flats and apartments. Rooms let individually are priced per bed and would drag the figure below what a whole property rents for. Where fewer than 20 bonds were lodged in an area over the year, no figure is shown.
Figures: bond data to June 2026. These describe whole areas and cannot value an individual property. For that, ask us for an appraisal.