Northland · Far North District
From the Bay of Islands through to Cape Reinga. Northland's biggest district by area, its most varied inventory, and its warmest climate.
Build cost · Far North · Stats NZ BLD126AA
Current cost (2mo)
$3,264/m²
19 houses, ending Feb 2026
12-month rolling
$3,450/m²
Long-run average
2025 average
$3,451/m²
181 houses
10-yr change
+106%
vs 2016 avg $1,673/m²
Source: Stats NZ BLD126AA, building consents by territorial authority (monthly, new houses). Value-weighted $/m² = sum of consented value ÷ sum of consented floor area — preferred over a simple monthly average because it reflects actual material cost. The 2-month figure is the "current cost" signal; the 12-month figure tends to understate present- day cost because of construction inflation through 2024–25.
Far North District covers everything above Whangarei Heads up to Cape Reinga — the Bay of Islands, the Kerikeri horticultural basin, Paihia and Russell on the harbour, Karikari Peninsula, Kaitaia, and the Aupouri Peninsula right up the spine. It's the largest Northland district by land area and the most varied in terms of section inventory.
Kerikeri is the commercial heart — good schools, a growing healthcare base, and a horticultural economy that keeps it less seasonal than the Bay of Islands proper. Section prices here have risen strongly since 2020 but remain materially below Whangarei equivalents. Paihia and Russell are holiday-first markets with thinner supply and premium pricing; bare sections are rare. The Karikari Peninsula and Doubtless Bay catch a steady flow of lifestyle buyers looking for bigger blocks. Kaitaia and the Aupouri Peninsula offer the country's warmest climate and the lowest section prices in the North Island, at the cost of a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Auckland.
Far North District Council publishes its GIS stack on a public ArcGIS server, so every listing with a resolved parcel now carries live zoning, natural-hazard flags, and reticulated-services status (water/wastewater/stormwater) — the same Coverage, Hazards, and Services panels Whangarei listings get. Where a parcel can't be resolved, the listing falls back to the manual zone stored at scrape time.
Build cost data for Far North: Stats NZ recorded 181 new houses consented in 2025 at an average $3,460/m² (Feb 2026: $3,632/m²).
TODO(matt): review body copy, layer in specific local knowledge — commute pain points, best schools by suburb, coastal-erosion overlays worth flagging.
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Far North
38 Akeake Crescent, Karikari Peninsula
$88,000
$143/m²· 10% below the Far North median
Home from $387,999
Land
615 m²
Far North
17B Okahu Road, Kaitaia
$89,000
$103/m²· 35% below the Far North median
Home from $388,999
Land
860 m²
Far North
8 Teachers Road, Broadwood
$95,000
$29/m²· 82% below the Far North median
Home from $394,999
Land
3,283 m²
Far North
14 Brooke Road, Karikari Peninsula
$99,000
$138/m²· 13% below the Far North median
Home from $398,999
Land
718 m²
Far North
42 Akeake Crescent, Karikari Peninsula
$100,000
$122/m²· 23% below the Far North median
Home from $399,999
Land
819 m²
Far North
22 Lindsey Way Karikari Peninsula
$105,000
Home from $404,999
Land
Size TBC
Far North
22 Lindsey Way, Karikari Peninsula
$105,000
$103/m²· 35% below the Far North median
Home from $404,999
Land
1,015 m²
Far North
16 Lindsey Way, Karikari Peninsula
$119,000
$139/m²· 13% below the Far North median
Home from $418,999
Land
858 m²
Far North
17B McDonell Street, Rawene
$125,000
$122/m²· 23% below the Far North median
Home from $424,999
Land
1,022 m²
Far North
15 Akeake Crescent Karikari Peninsula
$125,000
Home from $424,999
Land
Size TBC
Far North
12 Brooke Road, Karikari Peninsula
$126,000
Home from $425,999
Land
≈ 675 m²
Far North
1 Bay Heights Drive Karikari Peninsula
$129,000
Home from $428,999
Land
Size TBC
Far North
28 Brooke Road, Karikari Peninsula
$129,000
$134/m²· 16% below the Far North median
Home from $428,999
Land
964 m²
Far North
1 Bay Heights Drive, Karikari Peninsula
$129,000
$213/m²· 34% above the Far North median
Home from $428,999
Land
606 m²
Far North
23 Brooke Road, Karikari Peninsula
$138,000
$184/m²· 16% above the Far North median
Home from $437,999
Land
751 m²
Far North
40 Doubtless Bay Drive, KARIKARI PENINSULA
$139,000
$136/m²· 14% below the Far North median
Home from $438,999
Land
1,020 m²
Far North
20 Opononi Heights Drive, Opononi
$145,000
$189/m²· 19% above the Far North median
Home from $444,999
Land
769 m²
Far North
7 Karamea Road, Mangonui
$145,000
$76/m²· 52% below the Far North median
Home from $444,999
Land
1,909 m²
Far North
34 Banyan Road, Karikari Peninsula
$148,000
$172/m²· 9% above the Far North median
Home from $447,999
Land
860 m²
Far North
120 Stratford Drive, Cable Bay
$149,000
$21/m²· 88% below the Far North median
Home from $448,999
Land
6,968 m²
Far North
42 Bay Heights Drive, Karikari
$149,000
$234/m²· 48% above the Far North median
Home from $448,999
Land
636 m²
Far North
11 Whitney Lane, Karikari Peninsula
$154,000
$189/m²· 19% above the Far North median
Home from $453,999
Land
814 m²
Far North
34 Opononi Heights Drive, Opononi
$155,000
$148/m²· 7% below the Far North median
Home from $454,999
Land
1,050 m²
Far North
139 Parnell Street, Rawene
$155,000
$131/m²· 17% below the Far North median
Home from $454,999
Land
1,181 m²
Far North
16 Leigh Street
$160,000
$264/m²· 52% above the Far North median
Home from $459,999
Land
607 m²
Far North
42 Doubtless Bay Drive, Karikari Peninsula
$165,000
$225/m²· 42% above the Far North median
Home from $464,999
Land
732 m²
Far North
48 Banyan Road, Karikari Peninsula
$165,000
$215/m²· 36% above the Far North median
Home from $464,999
Land
767 m²
Far North
23 Banyan Road, Karikari Peninsula
$169,000
$254/m²· 60% above the Far North median
Home from $468,999
Land
666 m²
Far North
56 Carrington Drive, Karikari Peninsula
$169,000
$238/m²· 50% above the Far North median
Home from $468,999
Land
711 m²
Far North
46 Banyan Road, Karikari Peninsula
$179,000
$164/m²· 4% above the Far North median
Home from $478,999
Land
1,090 m²
Far North
38 Doubtless Bay Drive, Karikari Peninsula
$180,000
Home from $479,999
Land
≈ 691 m²
Far North
19 Brooke Road, Karikari Peninsula
$180,000
$230/m²· 45% above the Far North median
Home from $479,999
Land
783 m²