What it costs to rent in Matarau
The normal flat in Matarau rents for about $680 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
$680/wk
Most pay $645 to $715
Normal flat
+94%
Growth, 10 years
+109%
Growth, 5 years
Rent data: MBIE bond data (CC BY 4.0). Latest period Jan 2026. Typical rent for Matarau is exact.
How Matarau compares
How rent here measures up against the wider city, so you can tell whether Matarau is dearer, cheaper, or rising faster than Whangarei as a whole.
Rent growth, 10 years
Rent in Matarau grew 94% over 10 years, against Whangarei’s 80%.
That is 14 points faster than Whangarei as a whole.
Rent over time
Fifteen years of Matarau 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
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