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December 2025

Where lifestyle meets livelihood: 5 regional hotspots shaping New Zealand’s semi-rural property market
If you’re reading this feeling like you’re surrounded by too much concrete, and not enough fresh air, you’re in good company. The ‘quarter acre dream’ was once an...
Where lifestyle meets livelihood: 5 regional hotspots shaping New Zealand’s semi-rural property market
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December 2025

Top Tips for managing your lifestyle block or farmlet: Practical advice from the experts
Buying a lifestyle block or small farmlet is a dream for many Kiwis, but as any seasoned owner will tell you, those few extra acres can quickly become a full-time job if you’re not...
Top Tips for managing your lifestyle block or farmlet: Practical advice from the experts
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December 2025

Preparing to market your property in 2026? Smart home staging and decluttering tips to make your property truly stand out

When preparing your home for sale, everyone knows the basics - tidy the kitchen, make the beds, mow the lawns. But in today’s market, where buyers view dozens (hundreds) of listings online...
Preparing to market your property in 2026? Smart home staging and decluttering tips to make your property truly stand out
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December 2025

Why semi-rural properties with self-sufficiency are becoming one of New Zealand’s most desirable lifestyle choices
Across the country, more New Zealanders are dreaming of a life where they can grow their own food, run a few animals, and step outside to a garden that ‘feeds’ both their body and...
Why semi-rural properties with self-sufficiency are becoming one of New Zealand’s most desirable lifestyle choices
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July 2025

Have you seen these? 10 must-view lifestyle locations across New Zealand in 2025
Whether you're dreaming of rural vistas, coastal charm, or mountain views, New Zealand is full of stunning lifestyle destinations that offer more than just a place to live - they offer a way of...
Have you seen these? 10 must-view lifestyle locations across New Zealand in 2025
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March 2025

Young family provides motivation for a move back to the country
Making sure their two preschool sons have the same rural upbringing they had themselves was a long-term goal for Eastern Bay of Plenty couple Amber and Joel Ingle. “Buying a lifestyle property...
Young family provides motivation for a move back to the country
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March 2025

Sunflower joy epitomises the allure of Central Hawke’s Bay

A hidden gem, largely unknown to outsiders, Central Hawke’s Bay (CHB) has many features that make it an ideal lifestyle property destination. This year one of the district’s property...
Sunflower joy epitomises the allure of Central Hawke’s Bay
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March 2025

Catlins wedding venue and business offered for sale
Pictured: Property owner Adele Dawkins with her two daughters, Lily (left) and Khloe (right), and sales consultant Brent Irving. Qualifying as the world’s southernmost resort, RiverRidge...
Catlins wedding venue and business offered for sale
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January 2025

The rise (and rise) of lifestyle properties - what’s driving demand, and is it in your home-ownership future?

The quarter acre dream - it’s a nostalgic slice of New Zealand’s housing history. But as house prices grew and busier lives meant less time to tend to large sections, property sizes...
The rise (and rise) of lifestyle properties - what’s driving demand, and is it in your home-ownership future?
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March 2024

Christchurch northern fringe property sells 40 per cent above government valuation
Wally Vaughan was born on the family farm, Beaconsfield in Woodend, North Canterbury in 1941, 26 years after his grandfather Henry Vaughan purchased the property, initially to farm sheep and...
Christchurch northern fringe property sells 40 per cent above government valuation
Catlins wedding venue and business offered for sale

March 2025

Catlins wedding venue and business offered for sale

Pictured: Property owner Adele Dawkins with her two daughters, Lily (left) and Khloe (right), and...
‘Old school’ values and vibrant community provide opportunity to live the good life

March 2025

‘Old school’ values and vibrant community provide opportunity to live the good life

Moving from Maungatapere to Matakohe in September 2019, Duncan and Jacqui Findlay’s new home...
Marlborough equestrian legacy for sale on Blenheim outskirts

March 2025

Marlborough equestrian legacy for sale on Blenheim outskirts

An appealing four-bedroom home, desirably located in park-like grounds on a four-hectare...
Sale at auction enables two families to achieve their dreams

March 2025

Sale at auction enables two families to achieve their dreams

A four hectare North Canterbury property, sold at auction in November, turned a dream into reality...
Large and well located lifestyle block offers plenty of options

March 2025

Large and well located lifestyle block offers plenty of options

Lynne Donaldson and her late husband Ian bought their Northland grazing block in 2014. Situated at...
Fact or fiction - is there a ‘best time’ when it comes to selling your provincial residential, rural or lifestyle property?

January 2025

Fact or fiction - is there a ‘best time’ when it comes to selling your provincial residential, rural or lifestyle property?

If you’re thinking about selling your property - whether rural, residential or lifestyle - you’d want to know when is the ‘best time’ to do so. Of course it’s important...
The importance of setting the right price for your property - and what happens if you don’t?

January 2025

The importance of setting the right price for your property - and what happens if you don’t?

Setting the sale price of your property is about achieving a balance between what the market will be prepared to pay, the actual value of the home, and of course, a number you are comfortable...
The rise (and rise) of lifestyle properties - what’s driving demand, and is it in your home-ownership future?

January 2025

The rise (and rise) of lifestyle properties - what’s driving demand, and is it in your home-ownership future?

The quarter acre dream - it’s a nostalgic slice of New Zealand’s housing history. But as house prices grew and busier lives meant less time to tend to large sections, property sizes...
Northland pricing reset signals big step up in rural property market

January 2025

Northland pricing reset signals big step up in rural property market

After an extended period of lacklustre activity, Northland’s rural property market is showing...
Former Hakataramea Hotel offers abundant recreation and fascinating history

November 2024

Former Hakataramea Hotel offers abundant recreation and fascinating history

Formerly a hotel and steeped in the region’s rich local history, a seven-bedroom Hakataramea Valley home awaits a new owner. Trading as the Terminus Hotel, which was originally built in 1881,...
Farm boy’s Waikato dream available for completion

October 2024

Farm boy’s Waikato dream available for completion

Joe Comins is most of the way to achieving his dream, to develop a park on 38 hectares of rolling...
Niche coastal subdivision offers unique take on rural dream

October 2024

Niche coastal subdivision offers unique take on rural dream

Less than 10 kilometres from the Octagon, what used to be a farm is on the way to becoming one of...
Home of the Berryfresh brand for sale after 40 years

October 2024

Home of the Berryfresh brand for sale after 40 years

If you buy fresh berry fruit in the North Island, chances are it has the Berryfresh brand on it and...
Close to Hamilton, exceptional lifestyle offers land use alternatives

October 2024

Close to Hamilton, exceptional lifestyle offers land use alternatives

In 2001 Michael and Janet Bryant came off the big Te Ākau South sheep and beef farm where...
Ideally located deer property offers alternative options

October 2024

Ideally located deer property offers alternative options

Cath and Gene Sandbrook took over their 23-hectare Halcombe property in 2013. Gene had been...

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