Within Auckland, the most expensive areas saw the greatest weakness over the full year. North Shore and Auckland City (isthmus), with average values above $1.2m, saw -1.1% and -1.0% drops in 2018. Manukau saw the greatest increase over the year, although still a restrained 1.2% (in the wider context), with the outer areas of Rodney and Franklin experiencing a similar increase of 1.1%. Papakura, at 0.6% and Waitakere at -0.2% round out the rest of the super city.