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# Cheapest cities to rent in New Zealand

New Zealand cities ranked by one published rent series; per-square-metre rent is preferred, otherwise monthly dwelling rent is used without mixing the two.

- Canonical: /reports/new-zealand-cheapest-cities-to-rent/
- Last checked: 2026-09-19

## Answers

### Invercargill, New Zealand

1,105 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Dunedin, New Zealand

1,127 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Palmerston North, New Zealand

1,127 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Nelson, New Zealand

1,192 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Hamilton, New Zealand

1,214 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Wellington, New Zealand

1,214 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### New Plymouth, New Zealand

1,225 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Lower Hutt, New Zealand

1,246 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Porirua, New Zealand

1,344 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Upper Hutt, New Zealand

1,344 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Auckland, New Zealand

1,387 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Napier, New Zealand

1,398 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

### Tauranga, New Zealand

1,496 EUR/month
- Source: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
- Checked: 2026-09-19

## Method

Every row is a published median monthly rent observation measured in EUR/month, ranked lowest first. The values were observed in 2026. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

## Sources

Tenancy Services (MBIE) — Detailed monthly rental bond data by territorial authority (median weekly rent) — https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Cheapest cities to rent in New Zealand [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cff18ea224b759f4c1327fa20c3fda8a]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/new-zealand-cheapest-cities-to-rent/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cheapest-cities-to-rent-in-new-zealand_d4b8b8f0cc4f,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cheapest cities to rent in New Zealand},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {cff18ea224b759f4c1327fa20c3fda8a},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/new-zealand-cheapest-cities-to-rent/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

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## Boundary

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