The latest TradeMe data shows the median rent for August was four hundred and 20 dollars per week, up more than 10 percent on last year.
Hawke's Bay, Waikato, and Otago hit new records.
The average Christchurch home is renting for 420-dollars per week, while median rent in Auckland remains high at 530-dollars.
Wellington's median rent is 490-dollars, just shy of the 500-dollar record set in January.