Invercargill City

Invercargill is the southernmost city in the country, where the locals roll their Rs like nowhere else and the streets are wide enough to land a plane on. It gave the world Burt Munro and the World’s Fastest Indian, and there’s a transport museum here that genuinely has to be seen to be believed.

It’s flat, it’s far south, and it’s about the most affordable city going, which is no small draw when housing has gone mad everywhere else. Bluff and its famous oysters are just down the road, and the whole deep south is on the doorstep for anyone who likes their scenery rugged.

There are 211 suburbs and localities across the city. This page lays them out so you can compare without guessing: who lives where, what you’ll pay, how the schools rate, and which streets sit closest to the centre and the work.

Cheap, southern and full of character. Have a browse and see where you’d settle.