Suburb rent · Motueka, Tasman

What it costs to rent in Motueka

The normal flat in Motueka rents for about $527 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.

468 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

468

Rental properties

~$527/wk

Most pay $459 to $609

Approximate normal flat

+1.5% in a year

+66%

Growth, 10 years

+5.2% a year

+23%

Growth, 5 years

+4.2% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Motueka spans 3 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Motueka compares

vs Tasman

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Motueka grew 66% over 10 years, against Tasman’s 67%.

That is 1 points slower than Tasman as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$527/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

$200$300$400$500$600$700

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.

What tenants say

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Motueka, Tasman