New Zealand rents, April–June 2025

How rents sat and moved across New Zealand in April–June 2025, computed from that quarter's official rental-bond release.

The national picture

$599national median /wk

National median down 0.2% over the year ($-1/wk).

Across the 774 suburbs with enough lodged bonds to rank, the published median rent for all rentals rose in 272, held roughly steady in 174 and eased in 328 over the year to April–June 2025. Silverdale (Hamilton City) climbed hardest (+84.3%); Addington West moved furthest the other way (-29.6%).

over the year

Biggest risers

  1. Silverdale (Hamilton City)+84.3%
  2. Kaikoura+42.9%
  3. Mount Wellington Central+32%
  4. Otahuhu South West+31.5%
  5. Epsom Central-North+30.2%

over the year

Biggest falls

  1. Addington West-29.6%
  2. Devonport-28%
  3. Long Bay-26.8%
  4. Palmerston North Hospital-25%
  5. Titahi Bay North-23.2%

median /wk

Dearest suburbs

  1. Remuera East$950/wk
  2. Castor Bay$940/wk
  3. Campbells Bay$935/wk
  4. Orakei West$905/wk
  5. Saint Heliers North$905/wk

median /wk

Cheapest suburbs

  1. Lytton$200/wk
  2. Awatea North$245/wk
  3. Addington West$278/wk
  4. Ilam University$285/wk
  5. Poike$290/wk

bonds lodged

Busiest markets

  1. Greensboro213 bonds
  2. Dixon Street204 bonds
  3. Linwood West177 bonds
  4. Rolleston South East168 bonds
  5. Victoria Park168 bonds

Figures are each suburb's published all-rentals median as at April–June 2025, from MBIE's detailed quarterly rental-bond data (SA2-2019 areas). Suburbs with fewer than 20 lodged bonds that quarter are set aside from the ranking (927 this quarter). Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 3.0 NZ): "New Zealand's median weekly rent was $599 in April–June 2025, from MBIE rental bond data via RentTrends (https://renttrends.co.nz/reports/2025-q2)." · download the ranked data (CSV).