NZ rent data

NZ rent prices by city

Median weekly rent by city, from official MBIE bond data for the period ending Apr 2026. Select a city for the full breakdown by bedroom count and property type.

Median weekly rent by New Zealand city
City	Median weekly rent	New tenancies
Auckland	$635	16152
Christchurch City	$550	3924
Wellington City	$600	3327
Hamilton City	$560	1962
Dunedin City	$520	1074
Tauranga City	$710	933
Lower Hutt City	$595	834
Palmerston North City	$550	762
Queenstown-Lakes District	$780	582
Whangarei District	$590	555
New Plymouth District	$580	522
Rotorua District	$580	483
Selwyn District	$640	405
Invercargill City	$495	402
Hastings District	$600	390
Nelson City	$560	363
Napier City	$640	318
Waikato District	$600	318
Kapiti Coast District	$595	309
Horowhenua District	$520	297
Whanganui District	$520	297
Porirua City	$650	282
Waipa District	$620	276
Far North District	$550	261
Taupo District	$650	258
Marlborough District	$550	249
Gisborne District	$650	243
Western Bay of Plenty District	$630	237
Upper Hutt City	$620	234
Tasman District	$590	219
Timaru District	$483	213
Waimakariri District	$600	207
Masterton District	$528	180
Ashburton District	$500	168
Matamata-Piako District	$598	153
South Waikato District	$520	150
Whakatane District	$600	138
Kaipara District	$600	132
Manawatu District	$555	132
South Taranaki District	$530	132
Central Otago District	$650	123
Thames-Coromandel District	$550	114
Tararua District	$480	84
Hauraki District	$560	75
Ruapehu District	$420	72
Gore District	$478	66
Southland District	$490	66
Rangitikei District	$450	63
Waitaki District	$500	63
Central Hawke's Bay District	$550	60
Buller District	$450	51
Clutha District	$440	48
Carterton District	$510	45
Kawerau District	$528	45
Grey District	$480	39
Hurunui District	$510	39
Stratford District	$550	39
Mackenzie District	$435	36
South Wairarapa District	$570	36
Wairoa District	$475	30
Opotiki District	$520	27
Otorohanga District	$530	27
Waitomo District	$450	27
Waimate District	$410	24
Westland District	$500	24
Kaikoura District	$500	21

Figures are the median weekly rent on new tenancy bonds lodged with MBIE Tenancy Services, by dwelling type and bedroom count. These are signed rents, not asking prices. Low-sample cells are suppressed under MBIE's reliability rule and counts are randomly rounded, so treat them as indicative.

How we calculate this

We ingest MBIE's official Market Rent statistics, which are drawn from every bond lodged with Tenancy Services. Because a bond is lodged for essentially every new tenancy, this is the most complete rent dataset in New Zealand, and it reflects rents that were actually agreed rather than what a listing asked for. We refresh it monthly.

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