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March 2025

Property Report: Rural market shows strong growth
The rural real estate market is experiencing renewed activity, with good returns for dairy farming serving as the primary catalyst, according to PGG Wrightson’s general manager for real estate,...
Property Report: Rural market shows strong growth
Featured
February 2025

Young dairying couple take first step towards farm ownership
How does it feel in your early twenties to be heading towards purchasing your first dairy farm? Harry Finch and Elle Horne have been on that track since late last year, when an opportunity...
Young dairying couple take first step towards farm ownership
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February 2025

Market Sector Report – March 2025
Signals in most primary production sectors have improved in recent months, and in some this positivity is starting to flow through to the sale and purchase of rural property. For those sectors where...
Market Sector Report – March 2025
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February 2025

Straight talk and direct approach sells four generation dairy farm in ten days
After four generations in the same family, a 105-hectare Morrinsville dairy farm sold in December.  For the past 22 years, along with his wife Wanda, Matt Gaddes has farmed the property...
Straight talk and direct approach sells four generation dairy farm in ten days
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February 2025

Property report: Rural market shifts - dairy slows, sheep and beef gain interest
Momentum in New Zealand’s rural property market has changed, with dairy farm listings slow, while sheep and beef farms experience an increase in interest. That’s the sentiment expressed...
Property report: Rural market shifts - dairy slows, sheep and beef gain interest
Featured
January 2025

Exploring investment opportunities in agribusiness
Institutional investors don’t tend to join the flurry of buyers when the property market is booming, says Tim Gallagher, a PGG Wrightson Real Estate sales consultant in Te Puke, specialising in...
Exploring investment opportunities in agribusiness
Featured
January 2025

Financing for first-time rural buyers: Pathways to farm ownership
It’s not always a straight line to buying your first rural property. But with the right advice and a plan in place, there are a number of ways to achieve farm ownership.  Brent Irving, a...
Financing for first-time rural buyers: Pathways to farm ownership
Featured
January 2025

The growth of agritourism in rural New Zealand - who can benefit from this ever-increasing trend?

From off-grid Airbnbs, to experiencing ‘life on the farm’ and access to remote and private locations, the move to agritourism in rural New Zealand is on the up - providing numerous...
The growth of agritourism in rural New Zealand - who can benefit from this ever-increasing trend?
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March 2024

Historic property traces 150 years of Otago peninsula dairy farming
A 96 hectare Highcliff property, with panoramic harbour and ocean views, and 150 years of the history of local dairy farming is for sale for the first time since 1867. Craig Bates and Paul Thomson...
Historic property traces 150 years of Otago peninsula dairy farming
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March 2024

Connections deliver successful outcome for two families
PGG Wrightson Real Estate’s nationwide network recently achieved an outstanding result for two dairy farming families at opposite ends of the country. Steve Roubos started in dairy straight...
Connections deliver successful outcome for two families
Property Report: Rural market shows strong growth

March 2025

Property Report: Rural market shows strong growth

The rural real estate market is experiencing renewed activity, with good returns for dairy farming serving as the primary catalyst, according to PGG Wrightson’s general manager for real estate,...
Young dairying couple take first step towards farm ownership

February 2025

Young dairying couple take first step towards farm ownership

How does it feel in your early twenties to be heading towards purchasing your first dairy...
Market Sector Report – March 2025

February 2025

Market Sector Report – March 2025

Signals in most primary production sectors have improved in recent months, and in some this...
First time freehold offering, South Otago property presents scale and productivity

February 2025

First time freehold offering, South Otago property presents scale and productivity

When they purchased the South Otago rural property in 2012, Michael and Caroline Morris could see...
Straight talk and direct approach sells four generation dairy farm in ten days

February 2025

Straight talk and direct approach sells four generation dairy farm in ten days

After four generations in the same family, a 105-hectare Morrinsville dairy farm sold in...
Te Kohanga dairy farm with charm finds new owners

February 2025

Te Kohanga dairy farm with charm finds new owners

David van Vught bought his 80-hectare Te Kohanga dairy farm in 1991. Situated 23 kilometres south...
Positive market response to large-scale Central Hawke’s Bay finishing property

February 2025

Positive market response to large-scale Central Hawke’s Bay finishing property

One of Central Hawke’s Bay’s most admired farms sold recently. Middle Hills, a...
Close to the city, family farm forestry legacy offered for sale

February 2025

Close to the city, family farm forestry legacy offered for sale

A unique rural property within easy reach of Wellington and offering multiple options is for...
Team effort ensures prompt and satisfactory sale of South Otago farm

February 2025

Team effort ensures prompt and satisfactory sale of South Otago farm

Ross McKee is a long-standing PGG Wrightson Livestock sheep and beef rep in Southland. When he...
Diligence required for renewable energy to deliver land use diversification benefits

February 2025

Diligence required for renewable energy to deliver land use diversification benefits

Farmers are increasingly looking at their business, particularly in the sheep and beef sector, and...
Property report: Rural market shifts - dairy slows, sheep and beef gain interest

February 2025

Property report: Rural market shifts - dairy slows, sheep and beef gain interest

Momentum in New Zealand’s rural property market has changed, with dairy farm listings slow, while sheep and beef farms experience an increase in interest. That’s the sentiment expressed...
Exploring investment opportunities in agribusiness

January 2025

Exploring investment opportunities in agribusiness

Institutional investors don’t tend to join the flurry of buyers when the property market is booming, says Tim Gallagher, a PGG Wrightson Real Estate sales consultant in Te Puke, specialising in...
Financing for first-time rural buyers: Pathways to farm ownership

January 2025

Financing for first-time rural buyers: Pathways to farm ownership

It’s not always a straight line to buying your first rural property. But with the right advice and a plan in place, there are a number of ways to achieve farm ownership.  Brent Irving, a...
The growth of agritourism in rural New Zealand - who can benefit from this ever-increasing trend?

January 2025

The growth of agritourism in rural New Zealand - who can benefit from this ever-increasing trend?

From off-grid Airbnbs, to experiencing ‘life on the farm’ and access to remote and...
Fact or fiction - is there a ‘best time’ when it comes to selling your provincial residential, rural or lifestyle property?

January 2025

Fact or fiction - is there a ‘best time’ when it comes to selling your provincial residential, rural or lifestyle property?

If you’re thinking about selling your property - whether rural, residential or lifestyle - you’d want to know when is the ‘best time’ to do so. Of course it’s important...

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