Suburb rent · Hawera, South Taranaki

What it costs to rent in Hawera

The normal flat in Hawera rents for about $553 a week, from government bond records. No one has reviewed a flat here yet, but the rent figures still tell you what living in the area costs.

639 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

639

Rental properties

~$553/wk

Most pay $501 to $578

Approximate normal flat

+2% in a year

+122%

Growth, 10 years

+8.3% a year

+48%

Growth, 5 years

+8.2% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Hawera spans 4 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Hawera compares

vs South Taranaki

How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Hawera is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than South Taranaki as a whole.

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Hawera grew 122% over 10 years, against South Taranaki’s 114%.

That is 8 points faster than South Taranaki as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

Fifteen years of Hawera rent. The tilde (~) marks figures that are a close estimate, because Hawera is split across a few statistical areas and the rent is averaged across them.

~$553/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$100$200$300$400$500$600

201120182026

What the normal flat rentsWhere most rents fall

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.

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