West Coast farm ownership provides a pathway for the next generation
For young farmers with the experience and equity to take the next step, finding an achievable path to farm ownership can be challenging. With West Coast dairy farms attracting attention for their relative affordability and operating returns, the region could offer an opportunity worth exploring.
Regional Rental Review: Wairarapa District
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Measured national picture continues alongside strong regional results - REINZ stats September 2026
REINZ data for September 2026 shows the median price outside Auckland was effectively unchanged on a year earlier, while lower annual sales and longer selling times reflected the measured pace of recent months.

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Friday, 30 September 2022

Safari Group have an unconditional contact to purchase the former Post Office building on The Square.


Friday, 02 September 2022

Our recent Property Brokers national rural conference held this August helped our business gain a much better appreciation of the forces at play driving land use change across rural New Zealand and reflected in the 55,000 ha of rural land Property Brokers sold last season.


Wednesday, 23 February 2022

2021 was a record year for large sheep and beef sales, with the highest median price per hectare equalling $10,300/ha for properties 200 hectares or more in size on a rolling 12-month average to 31 December 2021. This is up by 30% on 2020, representing the most significant year-on-year increase in 20 years.


Thursday, 20 January 2022

2021 was a bumper year by all accounts. December was Property Brokers’ strongest ever month with 51 rural sales equalling $233m, and just under a billion dollars of rural farm sales for 2021, equating to 50,000 ha’s of rural land throughout heartland New Zealand.


Thursday, 07 October 2021

We have a very different set of market drivers heading into 2022 compared to the same time last year.

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