Finding a home to rent can be tough, and expensive. Competition can be fierce and the best homes get snapped up quickly. And if you’re not familiar with a certain area, or if you’re working to a tight budget, the search can be even harder.
To improve your chances of finding a house to call home, it pays to do your homework. There’s no point searching for a rental around $500 per week if properties in the area usually go for hundreds of dollars more.
So to provide a quick breakdown of the prices you can expect to pay to rent a home around the country, we’ve put together the following tables. We’ve broken it down to regions, districts, plus all the main suburbs in our two biggest cities.
Prices are median prices, and we’ve broken Auckland and Wellington’s suburbs into $50 price bands.
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Rental Prices by Region
Listed are the median rents, plus lower and upper quartile rents for each region*.
| Region | Median Rent | Lower Rent | Upper Rent |
| Auckland | $650 | $549 | $780 |
| Wellington | $635 | $505 | $758 |
| Bay of Plenty | $630 | $544 | $713 |
| Gisborne | $628 | $524 | $700 |
| Hawke’s Bay | $600 | $520 | $690 |
| Tasman | $580 | $400 | $663 |
| Marlborough | $580 | $480 | $620 |
| Otago | $573 | $420 | $726 |
| Northland | $560 | $450 | $650 |
| Waikato | $560 | $450 | $650 |
| Taranaki | $560 | $480 | $639 |
| Canterbury | $550 | $470 | $670 |
| Nelson | $523 | $400 | $618 |
| Manawatu-Wanganui | $520 | $425 | $620 |
| Southland | $450 | $380 | $531 |
| West Coast | $400 | $291 | $500 |
*All prices from rental bond data November 2024, courtesy www.mbie.govt.nz.
Rental Prices by District
Listed are the median rents broken down into NZ districts and $50 price bands. If there is only one suburb within a particular price brand, we have listed its median price*.
| District | Median Rent |
| Queenstown-Lakes | $750+ |
| Auckland, Porirua City, Tauranga City, Upper Hutt City, Wellington City | $650-$699 |
| Central Otago, Gisborne, Hastings, Kapiti Coast, Lower Hutt City, Napier City, Selwyn, Taupo, Waimakariri, Waipa, Western Bay of Plenty, Whakatane | $600-$649 |
| Central Hawke’s Bay, Christchurch City, Hamilton City, Hauraki, Kawerau, Manawatu, Marlborough, Masterton, Matamata-Piako, New Plymouth, Palmerston North City, Rotorua, South Wairarapa, Tasman, Waikato, Whangarei | $550-$599 |
| Dunedin City, Horowhenua, Nelson City, South Taranaki, Stratford, Thames-Coromandel | $500-$549 |
| Ashburton, Carterton, Far North, Hurunui, Invercargill City, Kaipara, Opotiki, Otorohanga, Rangitikei, Ruapehu, South Waikato, Timaru, Wairoa, Waitaki, Whanganui | $450-$499 |
| Buller, Clutha, Gore, Grey, Southland, Tararua, Waitomo | $400-$449 |
| Westland | $350 |
| Mackenzie | $290 |
*Prices from rental bond data November 2024, courtesy www.mbie.govt.nz.
Auckland Rental Prices
Listed are the median rents broken down into suburbs and $50 price bands. If there is only one suburb within a particular price brand, we have listed its median price*.
| Suburb | Median Rents |
| Long Bay, Ponsonby, Stonefields | $900-$950 |
| Chatswood, Greenhithe, Mairangi Bay, Okura, Orakei, Remuera, St Heliers, Westmere | $850-$899 |
| Dannemora, East Tamaki Heights, Glendowie, Greenlane, Hauraki, Kohimarama, Lucas Heights, Northpark, Rothesay Bay, Shamrock Park, Somerville | $800-$849 |
| Albany Heights, Bayswater, Beach Haven, Beachlands, Belmont, Bucklands Beach, Campbells Bay, Castor Bay, Fairview Heights, Forrest Hill, Glen Innes, Golflands, Half Moon Bay, Hobsonville, Laingholm, Mellons Bay, Mission Bay, Murrays Bay, Northcote Point, Pinehill, Shelly Park, Stanley Point, The Gardens, Wai O Taiki Bay, Wairau Valley, Windsor Park | $750-$799 |
| Blockhouse Bay, Botany Downs, Browns Bay, Devonport, Epsom, Farm Cove, Goodwood Heights, Herald Island, Herne Bay, Highland Park, Hillsborough, Huntington Park, Meadowbank, Mount Roskill, Narrow Neck, Newmarket, Northcross, Parnell, Point Chevalier, Saint Marys Bay, Schnapper Rock, Sunnyhills, Sunnynook, Swanson, Takapuna, Three Kings, Titirangi, Torbay, Totara Heights, Totara Park, Waiake, Wattle Downs, West Harbour, Whenuapai | $700-$749 |
| Albany, Bayview, Birkdale, Birkenhead, Burswood, Clendon Park, Clover Park, Cockle Bay, East Tamaki, Eastern Beach, Ellerslie, Favona, Flat Bush, Freemans Bay, Glenfield, Green Bay, Grey Lynn, Hillcrest, Hillpark, Howick, Kelston, Kingsland, Lynfield, Mangere, Mangere Bridge, Manurewa, Maraetai, Massey, Milford, New Windsor, Northcote, One Tree Hill, Onehunga, Otara, Oteha, Pakuranga, Pakuranga Heights, Panmure, Papatoetoe, Paremoremo, Point England, Randwick Park, Rosedale, Royal Oak, Sunnyvale, Totara Vale, Waterview, Westgate, Weymouth | $650-$699 |
| Avondale, Glen Eden, Glendene, Henderson, Mangere East, Manurewa East, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Mount Wellington, New Lynn, Oratia, Penrose, Ranui, Sandringham, Te Atatu Peninsula, Te Atatu South, Unsworth Heights, Wesley | $600-$649 |
| Eden Terrace, Henderson Valley, Manukau, Morningside, Redvale, Saint Johns | $550-$599 |
| Otahuhu, Waitakere, Wiri | $500-$549 |
| Auckland Central | $475 |
| Grafton | $419 |
*Prices Jun 01 – Nov 30, 2024.
Wellington Rental Prices
Listed are the median rents broken down into suburbs and $50 price bands. If there is only one suburb within a particular price brand, we have listed its median price*.
| Suburb | Median |
| Karaka Bays | $900 |
| Seatoun | $885 |
| Churton Park | $820 |
| Grenada Village, Highbury, Oriental Bay, Woodridge | $750-$799 |
| Island Bay, Kelburn, Khandallah, Roseneath | $700-$749 |
| Broadmeadows, Brooklyn, Grenada North, Karori, Kilbirnie, Lyall Bay, Maupuia, Miramar, Mornington, Newlands, Newtown, Ngaio, Owhiro Bay, Paparangi, Strathmore Park, Tawa | $650-$699 |
| Aro Valley, Berhampore, Crofton Downs, Johnsonville, Vogeltown, Wilton | $600-$649 |
| Glenside, Hataitai, Houghton Bay, Kingston, Melrose, Mount Victoria, Pipitea, Rongotai, Southgate, Thorndon, Wadestown | $550-$599 |
| Mount Cook, Northland, Te Aro | $500-$549 |
| Wellington Central | $480 |
*Prices Jun 01 – Nov 30, 2024.
About the author of this page
Bruce Pitchers is Canstar NZ’s Content Manager. An experienced finance reporter, he has three decades’ experience as a journalist and has worked for major media companies in Australia, the UK and NZ, including ACP, Are Media, Bauer Media Group, Fairfax, Pacific Magazines, News Corp and TVNZ. As a freelancer, he has worked for The Australian Financial Review, the NZ Financial Markets Authority and major banks and investment companies on both sides of the Tasman.
In his role at Canstar, he has been a regular commentator in the NZ media, including on the Driven, Stuff and One Roof websites, the NZ Herald, Radio NZ, and Newstalk ZB.
Away from Canstar, Bruce creates puzzles for magazines and newspapers, including Woman’s Day and New Idea. He is also the co-author of the murder-mystery puzzle book 5 Minute Murder.
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