Rising rents in Mahurangi squeeze out working families Nicole Banks The average rental in Warkworth is $540 a week. Warkworth property managers are concerned there are not enough rental properties to accommodate the area’s growing workforce. They add that working families are being priced out of the rental market by rapidly rising rents. Bayleys Warkworth property manager Shona Mackinnon says her data shows that over the last two quarters, rental prices in north Rodney have risen 21 per cent. “That’s the first time I have seen Rodney on par with rises around the rest of the country,” Ms Mackinnon says.