Suburb rent · Lake Hawea, Wanaka

What it costs to rent in Lake Hawea

The normal flat in Lake Hawea rents for about $706 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.

234 rental propertiesUpdated Jan 2026

234

Rental properties

~$706/wk

Most pay $557 to $802

Approximate normal flat

-1.8% in a year

+108%

Growth, 10 years

+7.6% a year

+29%

Growth, 5 years

+5.2% a year

Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Lake Hawea spans 2 statistical areas, so the typical rent shown is approximate (a bond-weighted average).

How Lake Hawea compares

vs Wanaka

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

Rent growth, 10 years

Rent in Lake Hawea grew 108% over 10 years, against Wanaka’s 58%.

That is 50 points faster than Wanaka as a whole.

Rent over time

15 years

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

~$706/wkapproximate normal flat, 2026

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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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