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December 2025

What 2026 may hold for New Zealand’s rural property market

With 2025 drawn to a close, confidence is gradually rebuilding across New Zealand’s rural sector. Improved dairy profitability, a stabilising interest rate environment, and renewed appetite...

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December 2025

Where lifestyle meets livelihood: 5 regional hotspots shaping New Zealand’s semi-rural property market

If you’re reading this feeling like you’re surrounded by too much concrete, and not enough fresh air, you’re in good company. The ‘quarter acre dream’ was once an...

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August 2025

South Island Dairy property outlook: Why confidence is returning and the regions to watch this spring

With milk prices holding strong and interest rates easing, there has been a major rebound in sales activity across several farm types in the South Island - including the dairy property market. And...

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August 2025

North Island Dairy property outlook: Why confidence is returning and the regions to watch this spring

The North Island’s dairy property market is showing signs of steady strength and renewed optimism as the new season approaches, with several regions reporting positive buyer activity,...

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August 2025

Hunting & recreation blocks: Is there money in owning ‘wild’ land?

In the last five to ten years there has been a shift of rural land ownership - beyond traditional farming and forestry - with rugged and remote properties increasingly being sought for their...

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August 2025

Strong livestock market - will rural property follow?

Strong overseas markets and a reasonable spring have resulted in buoyant livestock sales for New Zealand, but does that mean sheep and beef properties will follow suit? “Definitely,”...

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June 2025

‘Fantastic’: Interest in sheep and beef properties on the rise

Interest in sheep and beef properties is on the up, with enthusiastic enquiries coming in over the past couple of months, according to PGG Wrightson’s General Manager for Real Estate, Peter...

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May 2025

‘Exciting for the country’: Why the rural property market is set for spring

The rural property market has had its fair share of ups and downs in 2025, but PGG Wrightson’s General Manager for Real Estate, Peter Newbold, remains optimistic. “If you look at all the...

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April 2025

Changes set to ease consent for overseas investment

Recently the government’s policy to attract increased overseas investment became clearer. Associate Finance Minister David Seymour announced a new streamlined pathway for all investments...