1. What is the total number of standalone houses in New Zealand?
    a   900,000
    b   1.1 million
    c   1.3 million
    d   1.6 million
  2. The number of house sales in January 2011 fell to the lowest level for several years. How far back was the previous lowest year?
    a   1986
    b   1996
    c   2006
    d   2008
  3. Outside of Auckland, which major city or town has dropped the least in value since the market peak of 2007?
    a   New Plymouth
    b   Porirua City
    c   Nelson
    d   Invercargill
    Excluding apartments, which suburb in New Zealand has the most residential properties (houses and flats)?
  4. a   Henderson, Waitakere, Auckland
    b   Remuera, Auckland
    c   Mt Roskill, Auckland
    d   Papatoetoe, Auckland
    e   Manurewa, Auckland
  5. Which street has the most houses of any street in New Zealand?
    a   Whangaparaoa Road, Rodney District, Auckland
    b   Beach Road, North Shore, Auckland
    c   East Coast Road, North Shore, Auckland
    d   Hillsborough Road, Auckland
    e   Papamoa Beach Road, Tauranga
  6. What is the total number of apartments in Dunedin City?
    a   1
    b   75
    c   673
    d   1,894
  7. In what decade was New Zealand's oldest stone building built?
    a   1810's
    b   1820's
    c   1830's
    d   1840's
  8. What is the floor area of the largest house in New Zealand?
    a   430 m2
    b   970 m2
    c   1,430 m2
    d   12,000 m2
  9. If you add together the floor area of all the houses in New Zealand, the total area would be what compared to Lake Taupo?
    a   About a quarter of Lake Taupo.
    b   About half.
    c   About the same.
    d   Twice the size of Lake Taupo.
    e   Ten times the size of Lake Taupo.
  10. What is the average land area (plot size) of houses in New Zealand?
    a   569 m2
    b   691 m2
    c   924 m2
    d   1,043 m2


Answers

  1. 1.1 million - there are 1.37 million if other types of residential property such as apartments, home and income, and flats are included.
  2. 1986
  3. Nelson - Nelson values are now 3.0% below the market peak.
  4. Papatoetoe, Auckland - Papatoetoe with 9,757 has the most followed by Henderson with 9,462, then Mt Roskill, Manurewa, and Remuera.
  5. East Coast Road, North Shore, Auckland - East Coast Road has 1,090 houses, Whangaparaoa Road has just over a thousand.
  6. 75 - there are 75 apartments in Dunedin City. There are just under 27,000 in central Auckland.
  7. 1830's - the Stone Store in Kerikeri was built in the 1830's.
  8. 1430 m2
  9. About a quarter of Lake Taupo - the total area of Lake Taupo is 616 square kilometres. The total floor area of all New Zealand houses is 164 million square metres or 164 square kilomteres which is just over a quarter the size of Lake Taupo. New Zealand has a lot of land not covered by houses!
  10. 924 m2 - the average plot size tends to be larger in provincial towns than in the main cities.