Industry Videos

▶ 02:18 2026.06.30 **From 179 Sections to a Complete Development Solution: How Is MyLand Helping Drive Housing Development in Orewa?** Strathmill is MyLand’s latest subdivision in the heart of Orewa, featuring 179 sections in Stage 1. By bringing its development expertise to one of Orewa’s last major greenfield sites, MyLand is creating affordable freehold housing opportunities while helping builders reduce development risks. From securing resource and land-use consents to delivering infrastructure and titles, MyLand provides a complete development solution that helps overcome infrastructure challenges and enables builders to start construction sooner.

▶ 01:11 2025.09.02 Inside Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s 25,000m² Campus: Exploring the Future of Its New Zealand Operations Take a look inside Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s New Zealand campus and explore its growing healthcare and manufacturing facilities. The site is carefully organised into administration and R&D, production and warehouse areas, with additional car parking facilities being developed to support the company’s expanding operations. From architectural planning to large-scale industrial facilities, the campus reflects the continued growth and development of one of New Zealand’s leading healthcare technology companies.

▶ 3:12 2025.07.02 Prime Parnell Location! How Is La Quinta Creating a Mixed-Use Development for Both Living and Investment? Located in Parnell between Auckland’s CBD and Newmarket, La Quinta benefits from close proximity to the University of Auckland, AUT, the city centre and major transport links. The mixed-use development combines hotel and residential spaces, offering studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments designed for students, professionals and families. With long-term rental arrangements and a prime central location, La Quinta explores a city living model that combines lifestyle convenience with potential investment value.

▶ 02:29 2024.09.02 From City Life to the Countryside: Why Is Lifestyle Property Becoming a New Way of Living? After moving from the city to a Lifestyle property, he shares his experience of specialising in Lifestyle and Rural real estate. Every piece of land has its own story and potential, and for many buyers, a Lifestyle property offers more than just a place to live — it can also provide opportunities for investment, farming, tourism and future development. From raising cattle and sheep to rainwater collection, Starlink connectivity and automated lawn care, modern Lifestyle living can be far more convenient than many people expect. Close enough to schools, shops and everyday amenities, yet surrounded by nature, it offers a different way of living where land, lifestyle and everyday life come together.

▶ 02:03 2023.08.02 Pukekohe — Auckland's Investment Hotspot 50km South: 14,000 New Homes Planned, 3-Bed Averages $900K Pukekohe lies about 50 kilometres south of Auckland's city centre, a region of fertile soil and abundant produce. Over the next 30 years, roughly 1,700 hectares have been earmarked as future urban development land, with about 14,000 new homes expected. The area offers a relaxed lifestyle — international motorsport, a heritage steam train, horse riding and equestrian events, water gardens and west-coast beaches. According to Barfoot & Thompson, the Pukekohe branch completed more than 500 sales over the past year, selling about 51% of the district's listed homes and 49% of its rural and lifestyle properties. Three-bedroom homes average around $900,000 with a yield of about 3%, above most of Auckland. Situated in the golden triangle between Auckland and Tauranga, with ACG school already present and rail electrification under way, Pukekohe offers strong investment and development potential.

▶ 01:47 2023.07.02 Milford — North Shore's Premier School Zone: 15 Minutes to CBD, Beachside Living Milford is a sought-after traditional suburb on Auckland's North Shore, ideal for both home buyers and investors. Located along the east coast, it is about a 15-minute drive to the CBD, with a bus hub connecting to the motorway network and direct buses to Auckland International Airport. Backed by a lake and facing the sea, it boasts a white-sand beach, a modern shopping centre, a marina and a yacht club, all with a relaxed village atmosphere. The school zones are among the North Shore's finest — Milford School, Takapuna Normal Intermediate, Westlake Boys and Girls High Schools, Campbells Bay School, plus leading private schools Rosmini College and Carmel College. The Barfoot & Thompson Milford team has ranked as the number-one branch for five consecutive years, also achieving second in Partnership and top-three on the North Shore.

▶ 01:57 2023.06.02 Howick, East Auckland — Top School Zones, Village Charm, 15km to the City Howick sits about 15 kilometres south of central Auckland, a well-established eastern suburb rich in culture and history. Along Picton Street, colonial-era buildings and Māori heritage sites sit side by side, while antique shops, cafés and a distinctly English weekend market give the village a mid-19th-century feel — yet around the corner, Botany Town Centre delivers modern convenience. Nature is minutes away: stroll Eastern Beach, join the sailing club, play a round of golf, watch the sunset from Half Moon Bay marina, or head north to Musick Point for hiking and fishing, with Lloyd Elsmore Park adding more leisure options. Schooling is a highlight, with top-ten ranked Macleans College, established private school Saint Kentigern College and many quality primary and intermediate schools. Today Howick offers both luxurious beachfront homes and modern large-scale residential developments. The Barfoot & Thompson Howick team accounts for around 46.8% of sales in the area and knows it inside out, ready to help you find your ideal home.

▶ 01:22 2023.04.02 Remuera — Auckland's Traditional Blue-Chip Suburb, 4km from the City Centre Remuera is one of Auckland's most prestigious blue-chip suburbs, just 4 kilometres from the city centre and next to the well-known Newmarket shopping precinct (Westfield), with a rich cultural and historical setting — a quiet neighbourhood where you can feel the weight of history and the prestige of an established luxury-home area. According to Barfoot & Thompson's Remuera branch, it listed 567 properties last year, with strong sales momentum across the suburb. Even as sales eased this year, the clearance rate for all Remuera listings held steady at 70%, underlining robust supply-demand fundamentals. Remuera also offers Auckland's finest education, from the best public schools to the most renowned private schools such as King's School and St Kentigern — highly sought after by Chinese families. Cici Wang, a senior agent at the Barfoot & Thompson Remuera branch who has lived and worked in the area for 20 years, is ready to share everything about Remuera.

▶ 02:34 2023.03.02 East Auckland's "Golden Triangle" School Zone — Home of Macleans College, Surrounded by Sea East Auckland's "golden triangle" school zone — made up of Mellons Bay, Eastern Beach, Bucklands Beach and Half Moon Bay — is surrounded by water on three sides, with unbeatable scenery and strong long-term upside. Macleans College here has been ranked New Zealand's top public secondary school for overall student achievement for four consecutive years and sits among Auckland's top ten public high schools; together with Pigeon Mountain School and Bucklands Beach Primary and Intermediate, it forms one of Auckland's most complete and strongest education corridors, where children can study and play by the sea. The area's favourable geography also spared it from several flood events this year, while open terrain, tidy streets and everyday sea views create a comfortable living environment. Residents can walk the coastline, comb the beach for shells, explore nearby islands by kayak or canoe, or set sail on the harbour. Chinese cuisine from across the country and numerous Asian supermarkets and restaurants make daily life easy even without English, and friendly Chinese neighbours are never far away. As a long-established good area in the east, the golden triangle offers scenic beauty and stable safety, which is why many Chinese families have settled here for three generations. Housing ranges from luxury sea-and-hill-view villas to standalone homes with private gardens and terraced townhouses.

▶ 02:03 2022.11.02 Mt Albert — Central Auckland's Underrated Value Play, Minutes from the City Why do so many buyers prioritise central Auckland? The answer is simple — location. Mt Albert is exactly that kind of underrated central suburb: whether by car, train or bus, the city centre is a quick trip away, and the surrounding motorway network links every corner of Auckland. That central position brings not only convenience but lasting capital stability. Relative to neighbouring double school zones, Mt Albert offers better affordability, making it a strong option for buyers who need to live centrally. Housing spans historic hilltop estates, attractive standalone villas, and newly built terraced homes and apartments — suiting owner-occupiers and investors on a range of budgets. Notably, homes in Mt Albert's school zones are more affordable than surrounding areas while education standards remain high: the well-known Mt Albert Grammar School, Gladstone Primary, plus Unitec and AIS. Leisure is equally well served, with Auckland Zoo, MOTAT, Rocket Park, the Mt Albert Aquatic Centre and golf courses all close by, while Westfield St Lukes, cafés and restaurants — especially Chinese eateries and supermarkets — round out the amenities. If you're considering Mt Eden or Ponsonby, Mt Albert is close enough to the city yet noticeably cheaper — which is exactly why people choose to live here.

▶ 02:15 2022.10.02 From Horse Paddock to Sold-Out Estate — The "Taimana Rise" Development Playbook Taimana Rise — known in Chinese as 山语四季 ("Four Seasons of the Mountain") — sits in Greenhithe, Auckland, on a 33,000-square-metre site that was once a forest-fringed horse paddock. Before developing, the team weighed location, scenery and site conditions, then planned a quiet, comfortable, premium estate where every villa occupies over 600 square metres, with design, materials and generous outdoor space all working in harmony with the landscape. Market research showed a shortage of new homes in the area that could comfortably house larger, multi-generational families, so the buyer profile was focused on quality-driven households with elderly parents and young children. The site is zoned for 10-out-of-10 primary and secondary schools, with Kristin and Pinehurst private schools nearby; spotting a gap in early-childhood options within two kilometres, the developer built a high-end kindergarten inside the estate so residents can walk their children there in a minute. Before launch, bilingual branding — Taimana Rise and 山语四季, with the slogan "书香门第，山语之间" — boosted awareness. Stage-by-stage marketing and promotions, followed by professional staging, photography, video and multi-channel promotion for each completed home, helped the project sell out quickly.

▶ 02:08 2022.09.02 Mt Eden — Auckland's "Home of the Arts", 5km from the City, Median $1.42M Mt Eden, less than 5 kilometres from central Auckland, is one of the city's best-known landmarks. A dormant volcano formed 20,000–30,000 years ago, its summit holds a crater roughly 50 metres deep, with sweeping views over the city and harbour. At its foot lies a leafy residential area dotted with early-20th-century villas that have long attracted artists, writers and teachers — earning Mt Eden its reputation as Auckland's "home of the arts". The area is full of energy: Eden Park, New Zealand's national stadium for rugby, cricket and concerts, is nearby, while Potters Park offers a playground, basketball courts, a riding track and, each summer, a water-play fountain area. Despite a population of under 20,000, Mt Eden boasts two famous streets — Dominion Road (多美路) with more than 100 restaurants from around the world, and Mt Eden Road lined with cafés, bakeries, supermarkets, banks, pharmacies and clinics. For education, there are two century-old primary schools (Mount Eden Normal and Maungawhau), top public high school Auckland Grammar, Auckland Normal Intermediate, and private schools St Peter's and Ficino. The Barfoot & Thompson Mt Eden branch holds about 46.4% market share, with a median price of around $1.42 million. A suburb that balances energy and calm, Mt Eden offers a distinctive way of life.