Northland · Whangarei District
From Onerahi and Parua Bay through to Ruakaka, Tutukaka, and Whangarei Heads — Northland's largest urban centre and the easiest commute from Auckland.
Build cost · Whangarei · Stats NZ BLD126AA
Current cost (2mo)
$3,698/m²
33 houses, ending Feb 2026
12-month rolling
$3,389/m²
Long-run average
2025 average
$3,376/m²
304 houses
10-yr change
+96%
vs 2016 avg $1,724/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.
Whangarei District is Northland's most established market for bare-land buyers. The city itself sits on a deep-water harbour two hours north of Auckland by State Highway 1, with a growing hospital, polytechnic, and a handful of decent secondary schools. The coastal edges are where most of our section inventory concentrates: Onerahi and Parua Bay on the inner harbour, One Tree Point and Ruakaka south at Marsden Point, Tutukaka north on the Matapouri coast, and the Whangarei Heads loop around Mt Manaia.
Because Whangarei District Council publishes its full GIS stack publicly, every listing here carries live zoning, coverage %, setbacks, natural-hazard flags, and reticulated-services status. That matters: a "flat, serviced, zoned-residential" section in Parua Bay is a genuinely different proposition to a "slope, unserviced, rural" block at Whangaruru, and the council data shows which is which before you call the agent.
Build cost benchmarks are drawn from Stats NZ monthly consent data. In 2025 Whangarei District consented 304 new houses at an average $3,405/m² (Feb 2026 running rate: $3,699/m²). A Devpro 3-bed Homestar-10 sits roughly $X/m² below that average — the site shows the comparison on each listing.
TODO(matt): review body copy, add local insider specifics (schools, suburbs you'd recommend for commuters, coastal-vs-inner-harbour tradeoffs, any caveats on sloping sites).
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Whangarei
S0UTH ROAD, Waipu, NZ 0510
$31,500
Land
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Whangarei
14 Western View Heights, Horahora
$195,000
$324/m²· 61% below market
Land
602 m²
Whangarei
5 High Oaks Way, Avenues, Whangarei, Northland
$199,000
$86/m²· 12% above market
Land
2,320 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$225,000
$96/m²
Land
2,356 m²
Whangarei
15 Ongutukura Way, Oakura
$235,000
$310/m²· 56% below market
Land
759 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$235,000
$368/m²
Land
639 m²
Whangarei
4 Bethpage Rise, Kamo
$235,000
$368/m²· 56% below market
Land
639 m²
Whangarei
7 Redwood Rise, Horahora
$249,000
Land
3,321 m²
Whangarei
Salle Road, Ruakaka
$250,000
$402/m²· 52% above market
Land
622 m²
Whangarei
2C Jessie Street, Parahaki
$260,000
$301/m²· 64% below market
Land
864 m²
Whangarei
Salle Road, Ruakaka
$265,000
$508/m²· 92% above market
Land
581 m²
Whangarei
Salle Road, Ruakaka
$265,000
$557/m²· 111% above market
Land
503 m²
Whangarei
13 Eileen Stephens Place, Tikipunga
$270,000
Land
648 m²
Whangarei
5 Marjorie Lane, Kensington
$289,000
$597/m²· 29% below market
Land
501 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$290,000
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Whangarei
106 Barbados Way, One Tree Point
$290,000
$670/m²· 154% above market
Land
500 m²
Whangarei
Monowai Place, Kensington
$290,000
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Whangarei
Whangarei
$295,000
$415/m²
Land
710 m²
Whangarei
66 Pebble Beach Boulevard, Kamo
$295,000
$415/m²· 57% above market
Land
710 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$299,000
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Whangarei
Whangarei
$299,000
$599/m²· 127% above market
Land
499 m²
Whangarei
Lot 2, 314 Maunu Road, Horahora
$300,000
$139/m²· 81% above market
Land
2,157 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$300,000
$130/m²
Land
2,306 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$300,000
$463/m²
Land
648 m²
Whangarei
S0UTH ROAD, Waipu
$315,000
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Whangarei
Stage 8 The Landing, One Tree Point
$329,000
$548/m²· 34% below market
Land
600 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$335,000
$166/m²
Land
2,017 m²
Whangarei
8 Roto View, One Tree Point
$339,000
$569/m²· 32% below market
Land
596 m²
Whangarei
10/8 Teal Lane, Raumanga
$340,000
$115/m²· 86% below market
Land
3,391 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$349,000
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Whangarei
51 Te Maika Road, Ngunguru
$349,000
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Whangarei
34 Punga Grove Avenue, Riverside
$350,000
Land
1,275 m²
Whangarei
2121 Whangarei Heads Road, Whangarei Heads
$350,000
$490/m²· 30% below market
Land
715 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$350,000
$157/m²
Land
1,275 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$350,000
$291/m²
Land
1,203 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$350,000
$490/m²
Land
715 m²
Whangarei
8 Anbrue Lane, Ruakaka
$350,000
$459/m²· 45% below market
Land
763 m²
Whangarei
12-14 Wattle Lane, Raumanga
$350,000
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Whangarei
21 Motel Road, Tutukaka
$360,000
$155/m²· 78% below market
Land
2,324 m²
Whangarei
32 Magnolia Avenue, Kamo
$379,000
$494/m²· At market
Land
779 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$379,000
$494/m²
Land
779 m²
Whangarei
20 Green Estate Drive, Waipu, NZ 0510
$385,000
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Whangarei
23 Genoa Lane, Tutukaka, Whangarei, Northland
$385,000
$441/m²· 37% below market
Land
873 m²
Whangarei
20 Green Estate Drive, Waipu
$385,000
$536/m²· 103% above market
Land
718 m²
Whangarei
16 Mangakino Lane, Kauri
$390,000
$185/m²· 13% below market
Land
2,105 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$390,000
$185/m²
Land
2,105 m²
Whangarei
1242 Russell Road, Oakura Coast
$395,000
$17/m²· 66% below market
Land
2.36 ha
Whangarei
38 Ferry Road, Waipu
$399,000
Land
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Whangarei
10 Robert Bruce Place, Waipu
$399,000
$773/m²· 10% above market
Land
516 m²
Whangarei
Lots 2 & 6 Three Rivers Lane, Waipu
$399,000
$887/m²· 236% above market
Land
450 m²
Whangarei
Lot 2, 12 Apotu Park Lane, Kauri, Whan...
$399,000
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Whangarei
Lot 2, 12 Apotu Park Lane, Kauri
$399,000
$51/m²· 23% below market
Land
7,878 m²
Whangarei
Lots 2 & 6 Three Rivers Lane, Waipu, NZ 0510
$399,000
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Whangarei
Whangarei
$400,000
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Whangarei
Lot 2/ Whittle Road, Mangapai
$400,000
$31/m²· 88% below market
Land
1.30 ha
Whangarei
Whangarei
$400,000
$133/m²
Land
3,005 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$400,000
Land
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Whangarei
3 Clover Lane, Kamo
$415,000
$284/m²· 33% above market
Land
1,459 m²
Whangarei
13 Milky Way, Langs Beach
$419,000
$789/m²· 12% above market
Land
531 m²
Whangarei
6 Breton Drive, Waipu, NZ 0510
$419,000
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Whangarei
6 Breton Drive, Waipu
$419,000
$601/m²· 14% below market
Land
697 m²
Whangarei
Lot Lots 1-3, 2118 Whangarei Heads Road, Whangarei Heads
$419,000
$665/m²· 5% below market
Land
750 m²
Whangarei
4 Lort Point Lane, Whangarei Heads
$425,000
$207/m²· 70% below market
Land
2,165 m²
Whangarei
3 Milky Way, Langs Beach, Whangarei, Northland
$425,000
$791/m²· 13% above market
Land
537 m²
Whangarei
6 Anbrue Lane, Ruakaka
$430,000
$563/m²· 33% below market
Land
764 m²
Whangarei
7 Anbrue Lane, Ruakaka
$435,000
$481/m²· 43% below market
Land
905 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$450,000
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Whangarei
3 Anbrue Lane, Ruakaka
$450,000
$412/m²· 51% below market
Land
1,093 m²
Whangarei
5 Anbrue Lane, Ruakaka
$450,000
$412/m²· 51% below market
Land
1,092 m²
Whangarei
433 Crane Road, Kauri
$450,000
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Whangarei
75 Kohinui Road, Parua Bay
$455,000
$226/m²· 365% above market
Land
2,010 m²
Whangarei
36 Maturiki Drive, One Tree Point
$455,000
$758/m²· 187% above market
Land
600 m²
Whangarei
8 Dram Way, Waipu, NZ 0510
$459,000
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Whangarei
8 Dram Way, Waipu
$459,000
$376/m²· 42% above market
Land
1,221 m²
Whangarei
Lot 1 Basil Road, Whangarei Heads
$460,000
Land
2,010 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$460,000
$229/m²
Land
2,010 m²
Whangarei
58 Konini Street, Parahaki
$465,000
$192/m²· 10% below market
Land
2,427 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$465,000
$187/m²
Land
2,487 m²
Whangarei
1,2,6 Kapowai Place, Kauri
$465,000
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Whangarei
Whangarei
$465,000
$192/m²
Land
2,427 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$465,000
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Whangarei
60 Konini Street, Parahaki
$465,000
$187/m²· 13% below market
Land
2,487 m²
Whangarei
34 Dalkeith Drive, Kauri, NZ 0251
$475,000
Land
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Whangarei
34 Dalkeith Drive, Kauri
$475,000
$23/m²· 65% below market
Land
2.08 ha
Whangarei
Lot 3 Dundee Lane, Waipu
$475,000
$249/m²· 64% below market
Land
2,001 m²
Whangarei
3 Robert Bruce Place, Waipu
$479,000
$808/m²· 15% above market
Land
568 m²
Whangarei
9 Galaxy Lane, Langs Beach
$479,000
$866/m²· 23% above market
Land
553 m²
Whangarei
5 Robert Bruce Place, Waipu
$479,000
$805/m²· 15% above market
Land
570 m²
Whangarei
34 Mahanga Road, Pataua South, Whangarei, Northland
$480,000
$511/m²· 27% below market
Land
940 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$485,000
Land
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Whangarei
8 Watch Lane, Waipu, Whangarei, Northland
$485,000
$394/m²· 44% below market
Land
1,231 m²
Whangarei
Lot 2 & 3 80 Beach Road, Onerahi
$485,000
Land
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Whangarei
93 Jounneaux Road, Kamo
$489,000
$221/m²· 3% above market
Land
2,214 m²
Whangarei
41 The Braigh, Waipu
$489,000
$821/m²· 17% above market
Land
549 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$489,000
$221/m²
Land
2,214 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$490,000
$196/m²
Land
2,500 m²
Whangarei
3/29 Kiteone Road, Parua Bay
$495,000
$155/m²· 41% below market
Land
3,184 m²
Whangarei
24 Bellwood Lane, Kamo, NZ 0112
$495,000
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Whangarei
26 Lawson Drive, Tutukaka
$495,000
Land
2,451 m²
Whangarei
54 Breton Drive, Waipu, Whangarei, Northland
$495,000
$525/m²· 25% below market
Land
942 m²
Whangarei
24 Bellwood Lane, Kamo
$495,000
$48/m²· 82% below market
Land
1.03 ha
Whangarei
524 Ngunguru Road, Glenbervie
$499,000
$144/m²· 120% above market
Land
3,470 m²
Whangarei
5 Galaxy Lane, Langs Beach
$499,000
$975/m²· 39% above market
Land
512 m²
Whangarei
Lot 2/12 Sylvia Lane, Maunu, NZ 0110
$500,000
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Whangarei
Whangarei
$500,000
$231/m²
Land
2,169 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$500,000
$194/m²
Land
2,580 m²
Whangarei
20 Robert Bruce Place, Waipu
$500,000
$841/m²· 20% above market
Land
534 m²
Whangarei
Lot 3/12 Sylvia Lane, Maunu
$500,000
$49/m²· 36% below market
Land
1.02 ha
Whangarei
Lot 2/12 Sylvia Lane, Maunu
$500,000
$33/m²· 57% below market
Land
1.52 ha
Whangarei
Lot 3/12 Sylvia Lane, Maunu, NZ 0110
$500,000
Land
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Whangarei
Brenda Gardner Way, Maunu, NZ 0179
$525,000
Land
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Whangarei
Brenda Gardner Way, Maunu
$525,000
Land
2,375 m²
Whangarei
3 Starlight Place, Langs Beach, NZ 0582
$529,000
Land
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Whangarei
3 Starlight Place, Langs Beach
$529,000
$947/m²· 35% above market
Land
580 m²
Whangarei
23 Podgora Lane, Maunu
$529,000
Land
2,209 m²
Whangarei
12 Norts Way, Waipu
$535,000
$247/m²· 7% below market
Land
2,169 m²
Whangarei
1 Layci Lane, Waipu
$535,000
Land
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Whangarei
12 Norts Way, Waipu, NZ 0510
$535,000
Land
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Whangarei
1 Layci Lane, Waipu, NZ 0510
$535,000
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Whangarei
Lot 69 Waiwarawara Drive, Ruakaka
$539,000
Land
3,178 m²
Whangarei
2418 Whangarei Heads Road, Whangarei Heads
$550,000
Land
824 m²
Whangarei
Waitaua Road, Kauri, NZ 0251
$550,000
Land
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Whangarei
Whangarei
$550,000
$146/m²
Land
3,760 m²
Whangarei
33 Three Rivers Lane, Waipu
$567,000
$1,062/m²· 51% above market
Land
534 m²
Whangarei
23 Riverview Place, Waipu
$575,000
$402/m²· 43% below market
Land
1,429 m²
Whangarei
Stage 2 Kintrae Close, Maunu, NZ 0179
$575,000
Land
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Whangarei
7 Harmony Way, Waipu
$590,000
$243/m²· 65% below market
Land
2,424 m²
Whangarei
60 Pacific Bay Road, Tutukaka
$595,000
$518/m²· 26% below market
Land
1,217 m²
Whangarei
101 Waitokitoki Way, Tutukaka
$595,000
$14/m²· 71% below market
Land
4.25 ha
Whangarei
Whangarei
$595,000
Land
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Whangarei
Lot 3, Blue Horizon Road , Whangarei Heads
$599,000
$62/m²· 28% above market
Land
9,600 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$600,000
Land
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Whangarei
72 Matariki Drive, One Tree Point
$620,000
$820/m²· At market
Land
756 m²
Whangarei
12 Starlight Place, Langs Beach
$630,000
$1,245/m²· 77% above market
Land
506 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$650,000
Land
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Whangarei
19 Riverview Place, Waipu, NZ 0582
$650,000
Land
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Whangarei
3 Solar Way, Langs Beach
$675,000
$1,235/m²· 76% above market
Land
567 m²
Whangarei
C/286 Cove Road, Waipu
$680,000
$279/m²· 60% below market
Land
2,440 m²
Whangarei
C/286 Cove Road, Waipu, NZ 0510
$680,000
Land
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Whangarei
1303C Matapouri Road, Matapouri
$685,000
$947/m²· 35% above market
Land
734 m²
Whangarei
8 Starlight Place, Langs Beach
$689,000
$1,328/m²· 89% above market
Land
519 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$700,000
$538/m²
Land
1,302 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$700,000
$175/m²
Land
4,000 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$700,000
$292/m²
Land
2,400 m²
Whangarei
34 Taranga Road, Langs Beach
$715,000
$689/m²· At market
Land
1,038 m²
Whangarei
16B Blue Moon Rise, Langs Beach
$719,000
$1,152/m²· 64% above market
Land
624 m²
Whangarei
17 Riverview Place, Waipu
$720,000
$749/m²· 7% above market
Land
961 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$725,000
$236/m²
Land
3,072 m²
Whangarei
7 Aquarius Lane, Langs Beach
$729,000
$1,049/m²· 49% above market
Land
695 m²
Whangarei
8 Aquarius Lane, Langs Beach
$749,000
$1,105/m²· 57% above market
Land
678 m²
Whangarei
101 Bream Bay Drive, Ruakaka
$750,000
$1,589/m²· 502% above market
Land
472 m²
Whangarei
15 Riverview Place, Waipu, NZ 0510
$790,000
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Whangarei
15 Riverview Place, Waipu
$790,000
$712/m²· At market
Land
1,110 m²
Whangarei
88 Heatherlea Drive, Ruakaka
$795,000
$17/m²· 75% below market
Land
4.79 ha
Whangarei
Lot 3 Waiotoi Road, Ngunguru
$795,000
$11/m²· 94% below market
Land
7.76 ha
Whangarei
Whangarei
$800,000
Land
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Whangarei
Whangarei
$800,000
Land
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Whangarei
10 Granada Lane, Langs Beach
$889,000
$304/m²· 57% below market
Land
2,924 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,100,000
$1,103/m²
Land
997 m²
Whangarei
63 Stace Hopper Drive, One Tree Point
$1,150,000
$1,584/m²· 89% above market
Land
789 m²
Whangarei
51 Cullen Road, Waipu, Whangarei, Northland
$1,185,000
$108/m²· 64% above market
Land
1.10 ha
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,200,000
Land
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Whangarei
Onekainga Rise, Whananaki
$1,200,000
Land
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Whangarei
84 Onekainga Rise, Mouresses Bay, Whananaki
$1,250,000
$95/m²· 95% above market
Land
1.31 ha
Whangarei
82 Onekainga Rise, Mouresses Bay, Whananaki
$1,250,000
$85/m²· 74% above market
Land
1.48 ha
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,250,000
Land
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Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,250,000
Land
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Whangarei
38 Mariners Haven, One Tree Point
$1,285,000
$1,768/m²· 111% above market
Land
727 m²
Whangarei
15 Waitemata Drive, One Tree Point
$1,299,000
$1,365/m²· 63% above market
Land
952 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,350,000
Land
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Whangarei
80 Onekainga Rise, Mouresses Bay, Whananaki
$1,350,000
$77/m²· 58% above market
Land
1.75 ha
Whangarei
72 Onekainga Rise, Mouresses Bay, Whananaki
$1,350,000
$40/m²· 17% below market
Land
3.35 ha
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,350,000
Land
—
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,350,000
Land
—
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,350,000
Land
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Whangarei
70 Onekainga Rise, Mouresses Bay, Whananaki
$1,350,000
$33/m²· 32% below market
Land
4.07 ha
Whangarei
95 Onekainga Rise, Mouresses Bay, Whananaki
$1,350,000
$11/m²· 77% below market
Land
11.85 ha
Whangarei
27 Matariki Drive, One Tree Point
$1,400,000
$2,011/m²· 140% above market
Land
696 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,450,000
Land
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Whangarei
135 Onekainga Rise, Mouresses Bay, Whananaki
$1,450,000
$22/m²· 55% below market
Land
6.62 ha
Whangarei
16 Finch Street, One Tree Point
$1,600,000
$2,128/m²· 154% above market
Land
752 m²
Whangarei
Whangarei
$1,800,000
Land
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Whangarei
121 Onekainga Rise, Mouresses Bay, Whananaki
$1,800,000
$43/m²· 11% below market
Land
4.16 ha
Whangarei
23 Stace Hopper Drive, One Tree Point
$2,000,000
$1,747/m²· 109% above market
Land
1,145 m²
Whangarei
51 Cullen Road, Waipu
Tender
Land
1.11 ha
Whangarei
Lots 1-7 Stanley Grove, Waipu, NZ 0510
Price by Negotiation
Land
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Whangarei
Lots 3-5 Freer Lane, Parua Bay
Negotiation
Land
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Whangarei
140 Millennium Way, Waipu
Negotiation
Land
5,140 m²
Whangarei
461A Apotu Road, Kauri
Negotiation
Land
2,580 m²
Whangarei
13 Aarts Place, One Tree Point
Negotiation
Land
654 m²
Whangarei
Breton Drive, Nova Scotia River Estate, Waipu
Negotiation
Land
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Whangarei
29 Matariki Drive, One Tree Point
Negotiation
Land
760 m²
Whangarei
158 Vinegar Hill Rd - Riversong Subdivision, Tikipunga, NZ 0112
Price By Negotiation
Land
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Whangarei
5 & 16 Cole Terrace, Kamo, Whangarei, Northland
Negotiation
Land
737 m²
Whangarei
Lot 2, 334 Webb Road, Helena Bay
Negotiation
Land
20.47 ha
Whangarei
115A&B Kara Road, Maungatapere
Negotiation
Land
1.04 ha
Whangarei
Lot 2 & 3 Landowners Lane, Tutukaka
Negotiation
Land
1.80 ha
Whangarei
127 One Tree Point Road, One Tree Point, NZ 0118
Price By Negotiation
Land
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Whangarei
2 Pennyroyal Place, Kamo
Negotiation
Land
1,203 m²
Whangarei
2262 Whangarei Heads Road, Whangarei Heads
Deadline Sale
Land
1,201 m²