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

$595national median /wk

National median down 0.8% over the year ($-5/wk).

Across the 756 suburbs with enough lodged bonds to rank, the published median rent for all rentals rose in 268, held roughly steady in 168 and eased in 320 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. Kuirau+58.3%
  3. Kaikoura+42.9%
  4. Riversdale-Islington+42.9%
  5. Otahuhu South West+42.7%

over the year

Biggest falls

  1. Addington West-29.6%
  2. Ponsonby West-28.9%
  3. Devonport-28.8%
  4. Remuera North-27.6%
  5. Long Bay-26.8%

median /wk

Dearest suburbs

  1. Saint Heliers North$960/wk
  2. Remuera East$950/wk
  3. Castor Bay$940/wk
  4. Campbells Bay$935/wk
  5. Lake Hayes Estate$900/wk

median /wk

Cheapest suburbs

  1. Awatea North$245/wk
  2. Addington West$278/wk
  3. Ilam University$285/wk
  4. Campus West$290/wk
  5. Grafton$300/wk

bonds lodged

Busiest markets

  1. Greensboro213 bonds
  2. Dixon Street207 bonds
  3. Linwood West177 bonds
  4. Victoria Park171 bonds
  5. Rolleston South East168 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 (922 this quarter). Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 3.0 NZ): "New Zealand's median weekly rent was $595 in April–June 2025, from MBIE rental bond data via RentTrends (https://renttrends.co.nz/reports/2025-q2)." · download the ranked data (CSV).