From coastal retreats to city enclaves, Aotearoa’s priciest suburbs not only display increasing property prices but also luxury, location and lifestyle.
Here is a list of the 10 most expensive suburbs in New Zealand.
- Tawharanui – Rodney – $2.6 Million
Pretty much where rich Aucklanders go to play farmer, swim with the dolphins and pretend the rest of the country doesn’t exist.
Known for its wildlife reserve, white-sand beaches, and luxury hideaways
- Lake Hayes – Queenstown Lakes – $2.7 Million
Pretty much like living inside a postcard, but with more Teslas, yoga decks, and a hundred wine cellars per capita (probably).
- Kelvin Heights – Queenstown Lakes – $2.8 Million
One of Queenstown’s most exclusive suburbs, wrapped around the lake with jaw-dropping mountain views.
- Arrowtown – Queenstown Lakes – $2.8 Million
A historic gold rush town where the gold’s long gone, but the lattes are $7 and the cottages cost millions.
- Omaha – Rodney – $2.9 Million
Another rich Aucklanders’ playground and beach bach fantasy, assuming your idea of a bach includes Italian marble and an art collection.
- Saint Mary’s Bay – Auckland – $2.9 Million
Where old money meets old villas, and residents call the Ponsonby Road queue “a cultural experience.”
- Waiheke Island – Auckland – $3.3 Million
Half vineyard, half yoga retreat, all owned by someone who calls Auckland “the mainland.”
- Whitford – Manukau – $3.3 Million
Technically rural, but this is where you go to buy a lifestyle block, a Range Rover, and probably a private helicopter pad.
- Coatesville – Rodney – $3.6 Million
New Zealand’s unofficial suburb of gated driveways, crypto wealth and where everyone owns a small fluffy dog.
- Herne Bay – Auckland – $3.6 Million
The crown jewel of smugness, where the houses are historic, the sea views are uninterrupted, and parking your Porsche on a villa-lined street is just another day.
Photo Credit: Auckland Central
