You need to be very quick when renting, the demand far outweighs the supply at the moment in Auckland. We rent out 2 apartments in Auckland and we re rented one just before
Christmas and we had 37 applicants.Landlords can be really choosy over who they rent to plus colleges/unis all go back Feb/March time so you cannot be too select when it comes if you have been offered a place, that's not to say you should accept a dump just be aware that there are many others after the same property. Not just in Auckland