Mangawhai · Kaipara
Rako Drive, Kaipara District Legal Description:, Mangawhai
Listed by Jim Rohrstaff at Legacy Partners - Auckland
Listed 11 Sept 2025 · 424 days on market · 155% above the current Kaipara Rural average days on market
Land Price
$1,200,000
$120/m²
Land area
1.00 ha
Zone
Rural
Title Type
Freehold · Fee Simple
Legal Description
Lot 2 Deposited Plan 616095
Title Area
1.00 ha
Easements
None identified
Mortgage
No mortgage
Encumbrances
None
Consent Notices
None
Covenants
None
Can you build here? The 30-second read
- ZonedRuralDistrict Plan: up to 5% site coverage, ≈502 m² footprint.
- YesAll three DEVPRO plans fitAgainst the coverage limit — setbacks, shape and driveway still matter.
- Check0 of 3 servicesNo council water or wastewater or stormwater found nearby — plan for a tank, and on-site wastewater.
- Check≈4.0 m fall across the siteFrom 1 m LiDAR — budget for some earthworks.
- YesNo hazards flaggedNone found in council hazard layers — still read the LIM.
- YesNo covenant or consent noticeNone registered on the title we checked.
Aerial imagery
See the land from above.
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Location
What's nearby.
Nearest town
Mangawhai
≈ 3.5 km straight-line
Nearest supermarket
SuperValue
≈ 2.9 km straight-line
Nearest school
Mangawhai Beach School
≈ 2.6 km straight-line
School zone
Otamatea High School · Rodney College · Mangawhai Beach School
In-zone for enrolment — confirm the current scheme with the school
Distances are straight-line from the parcel, not drive time. Nearest town and school come from a curated dataset; supermarkets from OpenStreetMap. Switch the aerial above to Map to see the surrounding roads and town names.
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Can you build here?
Zoned Rural — up to 5% site coverage.
What you can build
District Plan zone
Rural
Max site coverage
5%
Max building footprint
502 m² of 1.00 ha
Of the total parcel area.
Which DEVPRO plans fit here?
Footprint against the coverage-limited maximum only — setbacks, shape and driveways matter too. We confirm what actually fits in a feasibility chat.
The ground
Natural hazards
None identified
Reticulated services · 0/3 available
Water
Not available
Wastewater
Not available
Stormwater
Not available
Computed from LINZ parcel + 1m LiDAR and Kaipara District Council GIS. A guide, not a guarantee — confirm zoning rules in the operative District Plan and review the LIM before you commit.
Your home, complete
Your home from $1,440,500
Or upgrade to DEVPRO: 2-bed from $422,500 — your home from $1,622,500.
Indicative turnkey total — land asking price plus a standard timber-frame build (from $3,700/m² incl GST), or the DEVPRO upgrade. Excludes site works (earthworks, services connections, driveway), consents and finance. An initial design + cost estimate confirms it for this section.
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From the listing agent
In the words of Jim Rohrstaff, Legacy Partners - Auckland
The Land
The property is located on Black Swamp Road, approximately 5 minutes drive from Mangawhai Village and is part of an old farm. The property is positioned at the start of Rako Drive.
The remaining five hectares of the farm have been subdivided into 4 x allotments, each with different characteristics and land area, but all with common views and north orientation.
Lot 1 - 1.58ha - 3369m2 Building platform
Lot 2 - 1.00ha - 1630m2 Building platform
Lot 3 - 1.26ha - 2970m2 Building platform
Lot 4 - 1.14ha - 1845m2 Building platform
Priced from $1.2m (incl. GST).
Design and build pricing is available upon request.
The description above is the listing agent's own wording, via Legacy Partners - Auckland. Devlin Property's independent read — buildability, services, hazards and total cost — is in the panels above.
Site context
What shapes the build here.
Road frontage
82 m
BLACK SWAMP ROAD, RAKO DRIVE — vehicle crossing still needs council approval
Nearest wetland
568 m
Unlikely to constrain the build
Nearest stream
931 m
Unlikely to constrain the build
Nearest coast
1.5 km
Amenity at this distance, not a constraint
Nearest lake
325 m
Site aspect
Falls ≈ north-west
A north-facing fall suits passive-solar orientation
Distances are from the parcel centroid to Topo 1:50k features (LINZ); site aspect is approximate, from the 1m LiDAR contours. Road frontage is a proxy — centreline intersection with parcel boundary, not a legal access measure. Confirm setbacks with a district-plan check before purchase.
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