{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "period": "March 2026",
  "comparison_periods": {
    "yoy": "March 2025",
    "five_year": "March 2021"
  },
  "sources": {
    "rental_bond_data": "rental-bond-data-by-region.csv",
    "provenance": "provenance.json"
  },
  "headline_figures": [
    {
      "id": "active_bonds_national",
      "label": "Active residential rental bonds nationally",
      "value": 494316,
      "unit": "bonds",
      "source": "Tenancy Services rental bond data by region (March 2026)"
    },
    {
      "id": "active_bonds_yoy_change",
      "label": "Year-on-year change in active bonds",
      "value": 7.14,
      "unit": "percent",
      "source": "Tenancy Services (March 2025 to March 2026)"
    },
    {
      "id": "median_rent_national",
      "label": "National median weekly rent",
      "value": 595,
      "unit": "NZD/week",
      "source": "Tenancy Services rental bond data by region (March 2026)"
    },
    {
      "id": "median_rent_yoy_change",
      "label": "Year-on-year change in national median rent",
      "value": -0.83,
      "unit": "percent",
      "source": "Tenancy Services (March 2025 to March 2026)"
    },
    {
      "id": "geometric_mean_rent_national",
      "label": "National geometric-mean weekly rent",
      "value": 566,
      "unit": "NZD/week",
      "source": "Tenancy Services rental bond data by region (March 2026)"
    },
    {
      "id": "active_bonds_5yr_change",
      "label": "Five-year change in active bonds",
      "value": 26.16,
      "unit": "percent",
      "source": "Tenancy Services (March 2021 to March 2026)"
    },
    {
      "id": "median_rent_5yr_change",
      "label": "Five-year change in national median rent",
      "value": 19,
      "unit": "percent",
      "source": "Tenancy Services (March 2021 to March 2026)"
    },
    {
      "id": "top_region_by_active_bonds",
      "label": "Largest region by active bonds",
      "value": 162510,
      "unit": "bonds",
      "source": "Tenancy Services rental bond data by region (March 2026)",
      "note": "Auckland Region"
    }
  ],
  "distributions": {
    "by_region": [
      {
        "region": "Auckland Region",
        "active_bonds": 162510,
        "median_rent": 640,
        "share": 32.88
      },
      {
        "region": "Not specified",
        "active_bonds": 81963,
        "median_rent": 590,
        "share": 16.58
      },
      {
        "region": "Canterbury Region",
        "active_bonds": 53427,
        "median_rent": 550,
        "share": 10.81
      },
      {
        "region": "Wellington Region",
        "active_bonds": 48990,
        "median_rent": 590,
        "share": 9.91
      },
      {
        "region": "Waikato Region",
        "active_bonds": 38151,
        "median_rent": 570,
        "share": 7.72
      },
      {
        "region": "Bay of Plenty Region",
        "active_bonds": 22887,
        "median_rent": 650,
        "share": 4.63
      },
      {
        "region": "Otago Region",
        "active_bonds": 20451,
        "median_rent": 550,
        "share": 4.14
      },
      {
        "region": "Manawatu-Wanganui Region",
        "active_bonds": 18522,
        "median_rent": 520,
        "share": 3.75
      },
      {
        "region": "Northland Region",
        "active_bonds": 10788,
        "median_rent": 583,
        "share": 2.18
      },
      {
        "region": "Hawke's Bay Region",
        "active_bonds": 9774,
        "median_rent": 600,
        "share": 1.98
      },
      {
        "region": "Taranaki Region",
        "active_bonds": 7485,
        "median_rent": 565,
        "share": 1.51
      },
      {
        "region": "Southland Region",
        "active_bonds": 6141,
        "median_rent": 490,
        "share": 1.24
      },
      {
        "region": "Nelson Region",
        "active_bonds": 4155,
        "median_rent": 550,
        "share": 0.84
      },
      {
        "region": "Gisborne Region",
        "active_bonds": 2859,
        "median_rent": 650,
        "share": 0.58
      },
      {
        "region": "Tasman Region",
        "active_bonds": 2421,
        "median_rent": 610,
        "share": 0.49
      },
      {
        "region": "Marlborough Region",
        "active_bonds": 2415,
        "median_rent": 550,
        "share": 0.49
      },
      {
        "region": "West Coast Region",
        "active_bonds": 1368,
        "median_rent": 430,
        "share": 0.28
      }
    ]
  }
}