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March 2025

Catlins wedding venue and business offered for sale

Pictured: Property owner Adele Dawkins with her two daughters, Lily (left) and Khloe (right), and sales consultant Brent Irving. Qualifying as the world’s southernmost resort, RiverRidge...

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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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March 2025

Young family provides motivation for a move back to the country

Making sure their two preschool sons have the same rural upbringing they had themselves was a long-term goal for Eastern Bay of Plenty couple Amber and Joel Ingle. “Buying a lifestyle property...

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March 2025

Sunflower joy epitomises the allure of Central Hawke’s Bay

A hidden gem, largely unknown to outsiders, Central Hawke’s Bay (CHB) has many features that make it an ideal lifestyle property destination. This year one of the district’s property...

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March 2025

Catlins wedding venue and business offered for sale

Pictured: Property owner Adele Dawkins with her two daughters, Lily (left) and Khloe (right), and sales consultant Brent Irving. Qualifying as the world’s southernmost resort, RiverRidge...

Featured

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,...

Featured

March 2025

Young family provides motivation for a move back to the country

Making sure their two preschool sons have the same rural upbringing they had themselves was a long-term goal for Eastern Bay of Plenty couple Amber and Joel Ingle. “Buying a lifestyle property...

Featured

March 2025

Sunflower joy epitomises the allure of Central Hawke’s Bay

A hidden gem, largely unknown to outsiders, Central Hawke’s Bay (CHB) has many features that make it an ideal lifestyle property destination. This year one of the district’s property...

Featured

March 2025

Catlins wedding venue and business offered for sale

Pictured: Property owner Adele Dawkins with her two daughters, Lily (left) and Khloe (right), and sales consultant Brent Irving. Qualifying as the world’s southernmost resort, RiverRidge...

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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...

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...

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 what potential Dunvegan offered for breeding and finishing sheep and beef. “We’d been...

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...

In Residential

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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...

January 2025

The importance of setting the right price for your property - and what happens if you don’t?

Setting the sale price of your property is about achieving a balance between what the market will be prepared to pay, the actual value of the home, and of course, a number you are comfortable...

January 2025

Your 2025 provincial residential update - what’s happening, and where?

It’s safe to say that 2024 was very much a ‘mixed bag’ when it came to the property market in New Zealand. While some regions saw a tentative growth in activity, others remained...

January 2025

Whangamatā beachfront luxury secures $5.2 million auction sale

A brand new, luxury Whangamatā beachfront property sold recently at auction for $5.2...

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March 2025

Charm, history and central location make Timaru property a peaceful oasis

Charles Halstead was a surgeon and general practitioner in Timaru in the mid twentieth century. He...

March 2025

‘Old school’ values and vibrant community provide opportunity to live the good life

Moving from Maungatapere to Matakohe in September 2019, Duncan and Jacqui Findlay’s new home...

March 2025

Marlborough equestrian legacy for sale on Blenheim outskirts

An appealing four-bedroom home, desirably located in park-like grounds on a four-hectare...

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January 2025

The rise (and rise) of lifestyle properties - what’s driving demand, and is it in your home-ownership future?

The quarter acre dream - it’s a nostalgic slice of New Zealand’s housing history. But as house prices grew and busier lives meant less time to tend to large sections, property sizes...

January 2025

Northland pricing reset signals big step up in rural property market

After an extended period of lacklustre activity, Northland’s rural property market is showing promising signs of recovery. However, farmers in the region seeking to sell are are reminded to...

November 2024

Former Hakataramea Hotel offers abundant recreation and fascinating history

Formerly a hotel and steeped in the region’s rich local history, a seven-bedroom Hakataramea Valley home awaits a new owner. Trading as the Terminus Hotel, which was originally built in 1881,...

October 2024

Farm boy’s Waikato dream available for completion

Joe Comins is most of the way to achieving his dream, to develop a park on 38 hectares of rolling...

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

January 2025

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Property Report: Rural market shows strong growth

In Rural

Young dairying couple take first step towards farm ownership

Market Sector Report – March 2025

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

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

In Residential

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

The importance of setting the right price for your property - and what happens if you don’t?

Your 2025 provincial residential update - what’s happening, and where?

Whangamatā beachfront luxury secures $5.2 million auction sale

Publications

Charm, history and central location make Timaru property a peaceful oasis

‘Old school’ values and vibrant community provide opportunity to live the good life

Marlborough equestrian legacy for sale on Blenheim outskirts

In Lifestyle

The rise (and rise) of lifestyle properties - what’s driving demand, and is it in your home-ownership future?

Northland pricing reset signals big step up in rural property market

Former Hakataramea Hotel offers abundant recreation and fascinating history

Farm boy’s Waikato dream available for completion

In Commercial

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

Much loved Waikato dirt bike park for sale

One of Northland’s ‘most highly prized coastal properties’ is ready for buyers

Commercial vs rural property: making the most of the opportunity to diversify

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