Affordable rentals in Rotorua 'impossible to come by' 31 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read There has been a 67 per cent jump in the number of rentals on Trade Me, year-on-year. Photo / File Rotorua Daily Post By: Cira Olivier and Carmen Hall Affordable rental properties "are near impossible to come by" in Rotorua and experts fear the situation will get worse before it gets better. The news comes hard on the heels of rent hikes which have forced some people into homelessness, a budget adviser reveals. Data from Trade Me reveals the median weekly rent in Rotorua in December jumped to $460, increasing on the same month last year from $430, and $370 the year before - an increase of 24 per cent over two years.