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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...