Russell · Far North
Share 2 Moturoa Island, Russell, Bay of Islands, Northland
Listed by Ash Boyd at NZSIR Bay of Islands
Listed 11 Sept 2025 · 423 days on market · 182% above the current Far North Residential average days on market
Land Price
$1,800,000
$1/m²
Land area
146.99 ha
Zone
Motoroa Island
Title Type
Freehold · Fee Simple
Legal Description
Moturoa Island
Title Area
146.99 ha
Easements
None identified
Mortgage
No mortgage
Encumbrances
None
Consent Notices
None
Covenants
None
43 registered instruments on title
Can you build here? The 30-second read
- ZonedMotoroa IslandDistrict Plan: up to 35% site coverage, ≈514,472 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≈75 m fall across the siteFrom 1 m LiDAR — expect retaining or a split-level design.
- 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.
Aerial map loads as you scroll…
Location
What's nearby.
Nearest town
Russell
≈ 6.4 km straight-line
Nearest school
Russell School (Bay Of Islands)
≈ 6.6 km straight-line
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.
Site & services plan loads as you scroll…
Can you build here?
Zoned Motoroa Island — up to 35% site coverage.
What you can build
District Plan zone
Motoroa Island
Max site coverage
35%
Max building footprint
51.45 ha of 156.24 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 Far North 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 $2,040,500
Or upgrade to DEVPRO: 2-bed from $422,500 — your home from $2,222,500.
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.
Build on this section
Get an initial design + cost estimate
Pick a home — standard timber frame, or upgrade to DEVPRO — and we'll place it on this section (position, orientation, driveway and services) and price it, so you know if it fits your budget before detailed design.
Start my initial design →$1,400 incl GST, fixed · No payment today · Refunded off your build cost if you build with us
Site context
What shapes the build here.
Road frontage
0 m
No mapped frontage — check for a registered access easement (see the title above)
Nearest wetland
4.2 km
Unlikely to constrain the build
Nearest stream
378 m
Unlikely to constrain the build
Nearest coast
182 m
Coastal-environment overlay rules may apply — check the district plan
Nearest lake
656 m
Site aspect
Falls ≈ south-east
Orientation we design around — see the contours on the aerial
Too far away to matter: nearest powerline 1.4 km.
Adjacent DOC / protected estate
Within 0 m of protected land — Moturoa and Black Rocks Wildlife Refuge
Adjacency to DOC or other protected areas can trigger RMA assessment matters, including effects on ecological values and public access.
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.
Not the one? Get new Russell sections under $2.25M first.
Get new ones matching this search by email, the morning they list.
Before you commit to a builder, learn what separates a home that performs from one that just looks the part.
Talk to us