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The number one sales team for South Auckland: performance, not promises

Pat Lapalapa

Pat Lapalapa

Performance Director / Lead Real Estate Agent · 28 June 2026 · 7 min read

Ray White AT Realty

"Number one" gets thrown around a lot in real estate. I only use it when I can point at exactly where it comes from. So here's where our team's performance claim actually comes from, no vague adjectives, no invented statistics.

Where the claim comes from

  • Ray White AT Realty Group was named Agency of the Year at the 2025 REINZ Awards (REINZ; raywhiteatrealty.co.nz), the real estate industry's own annual recognition of the top-performing agency in New Zealand.
  • Personally, I'm ranked NZ #10 Top Sales Agent and NZ #3 for Auction Performance in 2025, having personally sold 800+ homes with over $750 million settled across South Auckland (Ray White NZ 2025 performance rankings).

That's what backs the claim on this page. It isn't a guarantee of what your home will sell for; every result depends on your property, your street and the market on the day. High performance and real estate results, not promises we can't stand behind.

What performance actually means for you

If you're selling your home in South Auckland, this track record means:

  • A pricing strategy built on real, comparable sales evidence, not a number picked to win the listing.
  • Best prices achieved through genuine competition, auction where it suits your home, negotiation where it doesn't, decided per property rather than by a one-size-fits-all office policy.
  • A team, not a single agent. When I'm not the right fit for your specific street, Paul, Ena, Nikita or Ana likely are. The agency-level recognition above is a team result, and the team is what you're actually engaging.

If you're buying your next home, the same performance record means access: we're running a large share of South Auckland's auctions and appraisals, so buyers working with us get an early look at well-prepared stock before it's widely marketed.

Selling your home or buying your next one?

Whatever end of the deal you're on, it starts the same way: book your free appraisal. If you're growing into more space, read our honest guide to upgrading to your next home in South Auckland. If Mount Wellington is your patch, here's what real estate looks like there right now.

Awards and rankings cited above are sourced to REINZ's own published 2025 results and Ray White NZ's 2025 performance rankings; they reflect team- and individual-level results and are not a guarantee of any individual outcome. Ray White AT Realty Limited, Licensed REAA 2008.

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