Rents (CPI rental price indexes): NZ data and downloads
Rents, new rentals (flow) was 1,751.0 index in Aug 2026, up 0.9% on a year earlier.
Updated
Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa. Last retrieved 10 October 2026.
Rents (CPI rental price indexes)
Rents, new tenancies (flow)Rents, all tenancies (stock)
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| Period | Rents, new tenancies (flow) (index) | Rents, all tenancies (stock) (index) |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 1751.0 | 1810.0 |
| Jul 2026 | 1751.0 | 1810.0 |
| Jun 2026 | 1761.0 | 1811.0 |
| May 2026 | 1764.0 | 1810.0 |
| Apr 2026 | 1775.0 | 1811.0 |
| Mar 2026 | 1770.0 | 1811.0 |
| Feb 2026 | 1746.0 | 1811.0 |
| Jan 2026 | 1894.0 | 1812.0 |
| Dec 2025 | 1793.0 | 1812.0 |
| Nov 2025 | 1767.0 | 1811.0 |
| Oct 2025 | 1754.0 | 1810.0 |
| Sep 2025 | 1740.0 | 1810.0 |
| Aug 2025 | 1735.0 | 1810.0 |
| Jul 2025 | 1737.0 | 1808.0 |
| Jun 2025 | 1744.0 | 1807.0 |
| May 2025 | 1751.0 | 1805.0 |
| Apr 2025 | 1768.0 | 1803.0 |
| Mar 2025 | 1777.0 | 1799.0 |
| Feb 2025 | 1783.0 | 1794.0 |
| Jan 2025 | 1865.0 | 1790.0 |
Aug 2026Rents, new tenancies (flow) 1751.0Rents, all tenancies (stock) 1810.0
Lines break at accounting-basis changes and missing periods. Source: Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa.
Rents (CPI rental price indexes): NZ data and downloads: definitions
Monthly CPI indexes of rents. The 'flow' measure tracks rents for new rentals; the 'stock' measure tracks rents paid across all tenancies, including existing ones.
Rents (CPI rental price indexes): NZ data and downloads: comparison limits
These affect how the figures can be compared.
- Indexes of change, not dollar rents. Dollar median rents come from MBIE tenancy bond data (to be added).
Rents (CPI rental price indexes): NZ data and downloads: data by period
The latest ten periods for up to the first six series. Downloads contain every published observation.
| Period | Rents, new rentals (flow) | Rents, all tenancies (stock) |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 1,751.0 index | 1,810.0 index |
| Jul 2026 | 1,751.0 index | 1,810.0 index |
| Jun 2026 | 1,761.0 index | 1,811.0 index |
| May 2026 | 1,764.0 index | 1,810.0 index |
| Apr 2026 | 1,775.0 index | 1,811.0 index |
| Mar 2026 | 1,770.0 index | 1,811.0 index |
| Feb 2026 | 1,746.0 index | 1,811.0 index |
| Jan 2026 | 1,894.0 index | 1,812.0 index |
| Dec 2025 | 1,793.0 index | 1,812.0 index |
| Nov 2025 | 1,767.0 index | 1,811.0 index |
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- 10 October 2026