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What it costs to rent in Waiwhetu
The normal flat in Waiwhetu rents for about $600 a week. Here is how that has grown over 15 years, how it stacks up against the rest of Lower Hutt, and what tenants who have lived here say.
453
Rental properties
$600/wk
Most pay $523 to $658
Normal flat
+59%
Growth, 10 years
-1%
Growth, 5 years
Flatchat coverage
75 of about 453 rental properties in Waiwhetu are on Flatchat.
About 17% of the market covered so far. Lived in one we have missed? Add it.
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Waiwhetu is exact.
How Waiwhetu compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Waiwhetu is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Lower Hutt as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Waiwhetu grew 59% over 10 years, against Lower Hutt’s 75%.
That is 16 points slower than Lower Hutt as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Waiwhetu rent from government bond records. The line is what the normal flat rents for; the band shows the range most people pay.
Rents jump every January because that is when most student flats sign new leases for the year, and brand new tenancies rent higher than the standing stock. The line settles back by autumn. Source: MBIE bond data.
What tenants say
Ratings and warmth notes from people who have actually lived in Waiwhetu. Bond data tells you the rent; this tells you what living here is like.
Rating breakdown
Flats in Waiwhetu
Flats in Waiwhetu on Flatchat, with their rating and weekly rent. Open one to read what living there was really like.

31A Atiawa Crescent
2 bed · 1 bath · $450/wk
7/97 Whites Line East
1 bed · 1 bath · $490/wk
99 Whites Line East
3 bed · 1 bath · $730/wk
1/70 Whites Line East
$520/wk
11 Brook Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $690/wk
1 Hayward Terrace
$520/wk
18 Atiawa Crescent
3 bed · 1 bath · $690/wk
1 Rishworth Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $590/wk
65 Leighton Avenue
3 bed · 1 bath · $690/wk

9 Douglas Street
4 bed · 1 bath · $680/wk
8/15 Brook Street
3 bed · 1 bath · $695/wk
1/12 Awamutu Grove
4 bed · 2 bath · $750/wk
7 Douglas Street
2 bed · 1 bath · $650/wk
72 Waiwhetu Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $600/wk
11 Rato Rise
$640/wk

40E Leighton Avenue
2 bed · 1 bath · $490/wk
146A Whites Line East
3 bed · 1 bath · $630/wk
14 Bell Rd
2 bed · 1 bath · $570/wk
13 Brook Street
4 bed · 2 bath · $825/wk
28 Bell Rd
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
28A Bell Road
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
3/36 Leighton Avenue
2 bed · 1 bath · $500/wk
2/4 Rodney Street
$500/wk
27 Awamutu Grove
4 bed · 1 bath · $660/wk