Tātaitai Whakataurite Utu Nohoanga

Ko Tāmaki Makaurau te taone tino nui o te utu ora i Aotearoa, e arahia ana matua e ngā utu noho. I te tau 2025, ko te rēti marama waenganui ia wiki i Tāmaki Makaurau ko tata ki te $650–$700 mō tētahi whare tokotoru-ruma moe, i whakatauritea ki te $600–$650 ia wiki i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, $450–$500 i Otautahi, me te $380–$430 i Otepoti. Ko te utu whare toharite o Tāmaki Makaurau e noho ana ki tata ki te $1.0–$1.1 miriona, ko Te Whanganui-a-Tara tata ki te $700,000–$800,000 a ko Otautahi tata ki te $550,000–$650,000. Heoi anō, he teitei ake te utu mahi i Tāmaki Makaurau, ka huri wawe i ngā utu teitei ake. Ka nui anō ngā utu waka i Tāmaki Makaurau na tōna wātea horahora me tōna whakaaro nui ki ngā waka, ahakoa ko ngā whakapai ki te Hononga Rerewheels o te Taone me te whatunga pahi ka heke ana i tēnei rereketanga. Ko te hanganga huripoki o Te Whanganui-a-Tara me tōna waka tuhono pai ka ngawari ake tōna utu ka aro ki ngā rēti iti ake. Puna: Rangahau Whakapaunga Kaainga a Stats NZ; Trade Me Property (2025).

E ai ki te Rangahau Whakapaunga Kaainga a Stats NZ, ko ngā utu noho te whakapaunga nui rawa atu mō ngā kāinga o Aotearoa, e tata ana ki te 28%–30% o ngā whakapaunga katoa. Ko tēnei e tae ana ki ngā utu rēti, mōkete, reiti, inihua, me ngā mahi tiaki. Ko te kaupeka tuarua nui ko ngā kai me ngā inu kore-waipiro, i tata ki te 17%–19% o ngā whakapaunga kāinga. Ko ngā waka (waka, penehini, waka tuhono) e tohu ana i tata ki te 14%–16%. Ko ngā mahi harikoa me ahurea, hauora, me te whakawhitiwhiti ia kotahi ko tata ki te 5%–8%. Ko ngā ratonga (hiko, hau, wai) e tata ana ki te 4%–5%. Ko te wāhanga e whakapaua ana ki ngā noho he tino teitei ake mō ngā kaipupuri rēti me ngā kāinga i Tāmaki Makaurau me Te Whanganui-a-Tara i ētahi atu wāhi o te motu. Ko ngā kāinga moni-whiwhi iti ake ka whakapau i tētahi wāhanga tino nui ake ki ngā noho, kai, me ngā ratonga i whakatauritea ki o rātou moni whiwhi. Puna: Stats NZ — Household Expenditure Survey (stats.govt.nz).

Ka taurimatia a Aotearoa hei whenua utu-taimaha waenga i runga i ngā paerua ao, inā koa mō ngā noho, kai, me ngā rawa kawe-mai. Ka tukua tonu e ngā rangahau utu ora a Mercer me ECA International a Tāmaki Makaurau ki roto i ngā taone tino nui 50 o te ao. I whakatauritea ki ngā taone o Ahitereiria, ko Tāmaki Makaurau me Te Whanganui-a-Tara he iti ake i te nuinga ko Tainiki me Meremana mō ngā noho engari he rite, he nui ake iti rānei mō ngā kai otaota me te kai i waho. I whakatauritea ki Ingarangi, he rite whānui ngā utu o Aotearoa, ahakoa he teitei ake te utu mahi o Ingarangi i te nuinga. He iti ake tino a Aotearoa i Whitirangi, Norowe, me Hingapo. Ko tētahi āhuatanga matua ko te tawhiti o Aotearoa: ko te noho hei motu iti tawhiti atu i ngā hoa tauhoko nui ka tino nui ake ngā utu tukune me te rerenga rawa i runga i ngā rawa kawe-mai. Ko te rēti whakawhiti o te tāra o Aotearoa ka awe nui ana i ngā utu o ngā rawa kawe-mai me ngā haerenga a-taiao. Puna: Mercer Cost of Living Survey 2025; Numbeo Cost of Living Index.

He rēti utu tūao te Utu Ora i Aotearoa, ka tātaihia ia tau e te Nekenekehanga Utu Ora Aotearoa, e tohu ana i te rēti hāora iti rawa e hiahiatia ana e tētahi kaimahi ki te tutuki i ana hiahia matua me te whai wāhi tika ki te hapori. Mō te tau 2025, ko te Utu Ora ko $26.00 ia hāora. He teitei ake tēnei i te utu iti rawa atu ture o te $23.95 ia hāora (mai i te 1 o Āperira 2026). Ka haingatia te Utu Ora i runga i tētahi tauira tahua whakaaro nui i hangaia e te Wāhi Rangahau Kaupapa Pāpori o te Family Centre, ka whakaaro ki ngā utu mō te noho, kai, waka, tiaki tamariki, hauora, me ētahi mahi harikoa iti mō tētahi whānau mahi tika o Aotearoa. Kua whakamanahia te nuinga o ngā kaituku mahi hei kaituku mahi Utu Ora, tae atu ki te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau, te Kaunihera o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, me ētahi atu tari kāwanatanga matua. He rerekē te Utu Ora ki te utu iti rawa atu i whakaritea e te kāwanatanga, ā, ka pā ki ngā kaimahi tika me ngā kaimahi kirimana. Puna: Living Wage Movement Aotearoa (livingwage.org.nz).