What it costs to rent in Pongakawa
The normal flat in Pongakawa rents for about $500 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.
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Rental properties
$500/wk
Most pay $450 to $540
Normal flat
+49%
Growth, 10 years
+4%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Pongakawa is exact.
How Pongakawa compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Pongakawa is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Western Bay Of Plenty as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Pongakawa grew 49% over 10 years, against Western Bay Of Plenty’s 87%.
That is 38 points slower than Western Bay Of Plenty as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Pongakawa 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.
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