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Cross-lease titles in Tauhara

LINZ records 299 cross-lease titles in Tauhara, 24.0% of its 1,246 live titles: well above Taupo District as a whole (11.8%) and well above New Zealand (8.7%).

Tauhara: cross-lease titles

Cross-lease titles
299
Share of live titles
24.0%
Taupo District share
11.8%
New Zealand share
8.7%
Rank by share in Taupo District, among suburbs with 50+ cross-lease titles
3 of 11

https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/50804-nz-property-titles/

By share it is 3rd highest of 11 in Taupo District, among suburbs with 50 or more cross-lease titles; across New Zealand it is in the top quarter of the 559 such suburbs.

How the cross-leases in Tauhara are set up

Separate exclusive-use areas are more common (16% of schemes, against 5% nationally).

Three-flat schemes are less common here (4%, against 12% nationally).

Fewer schemes have four or more flats on one section (4%, against 11% nationally).

Scheme structureTauharaTaupo DistrictNew Zealand
Cross-lease schemes (shared sections)1461,56487,651
Two-flat schemes91.1%87.9%76.2%
Three-flat schemes4.1%7.0%12.2%
Four or more flats4.1%4.7%11.4%
Typical section size (from the titles, not a survey)1,024 m²1,012 m²908 m²
Typical land per flat506 m²506 m²408 m²
Schemes with a garage written into a lease33.6%24.6%28.4%
Schemes with a carport in a lease10.3%5.9%13.3%
Schemes with a separate exclusive-use area15.8%9.8%4.5%
Schemes referring to more than one flats plan (usually redrawn; not by itself a problem)52.7%56.0%35.6%
Median year of earliest current title199119911988
Two-flat schemes on 700 m² or more1331,34654,978

New cross-lease titles since 2020

7 of Tauhara's cross-lease titles were first issued since 2020: 3% of all its new titles in that time, against Taupo District (2%) (new cross-lease titles can follow a flats plan being updated, so they are not new schemes).

Taupo District suburbs with the most cross-lease titles

SuburbCross-lease titlesShare
Taupō1,50427.7%
Nukuhau41020.2%
Hilltop37024.8%
Waipahihi15317.4%
Tūrangi1243.9%
Acacia Bay785.3%
Richmond Heights756.9%
Two Mile Bay7317.2%
Wharewaka663.9%
Rainbow Point6217.3%

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