New Zealand · Rents: August 2026, provisional
Rents in Christchurch City
The median weekly rent of the tenancies that began in Christchurch City in August 2026 was NZ$550, from the 1,104 new bonds lodged with Tenancy Services for them. That is below New Zealand's median that month, NZ$595.
Provisional MBIE says these figures are provisional while bonds move to a new system: they may be revised, and may not compare with earlier months, so no change on a year is given. They are the rents of new bonds lodged with Tenancy Services, not advertised rents, and not what sitting tenants pay.
The figures
| Area | Median rent | Geometric mean | MBIE's quartiles | New bonds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christchurch City | NZ$550 a week | NZ$530 | NZ$480 to NZ$644 | 1,104 |
| New Zealand, all bonds | NZ$595 a week | NZ$575 | NZ$500 to NZ$700 | 13,062 |
Counts are MBIE's, each rounded at random to a multiple of 3. New Zealand's figures include 1,554 bonds MBIE could not place in any council or region.
Within New Zealand only
How Christchurch City compares
At NZ$550 a week, the median in Christchurch City is NZ$45 (8%) below the New Zealand median of NZ$595.
Among the 43 New Zealand councils whose median is not a small sample, it ranks 29th from the top, in the lower half.
MBIE's quartiles here are NZ$480 and NZ$644; across all New Zealand new bonds they are NZ$500 and NZ$700.
The nearest rent medians among New Zealand councils
- Far North District NZ$575
- Upper Hutt City NZ$570
- New Plymouth District NZ$560
- Marlborough District NZ$560
- Christchurch City NZ$550, this page
- Dunedin City NZ$545
- Horowhenua District NZ$540
- Masterton District NZ$530
- Thames-Coromandel District NZ$525
Nearest in median rent only, not in distance or in the homes let: the file gives no council's region.
Straight about the data
What this cannot tell you
- Amounts are New Zealand dollars a week (NZ$). Do not set them beside this site's Australian figures without converting, and do not add, average or rank figures across the two countries.
Every other limit, and the file's whole notice: How to read these figures.
Source
Rents
Source: The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Tenancy Services rental bond data (August 2026), licensed under CC BY 3.0 NZ. Selected and reformatted by DwellDelta.
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nz/). MBIE asks to be credited as The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
MBIE's page for these figures, with their licence and its monthly files: https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/about-tenancy-services/data-and-statistics/rental-bond-data/
The file: nz-rents.json
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Cite as: Median weekly rent of new bonds, Christchurch City (territorial authority), New Zealand, August 2026 (provisional). Source: The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Via DwellDelta: https://tools.dwelldelta.com.au/area/nz/christchurch-city/