I am very pleased to have joined the Tall Poppy Team. The Tall Poppy brand enables me to offer you quality service at a fairer fee plus innovated marketing designed to achieve maximum awareness of your property and encourage a competitive buying environment.

For me real estate is the marriage of my two great passions houses and connecting with people.

Selling your property is one of the most important decisions you have to make. With my positive attitude, market knowledge and negotiating skills I have helped many families achieve their goal of selling and getting the best price possible.

Words my clients have used to describe me. Professional, friendly, helpful, knowledgeable, goes the extra mile, highly recommended, we felt at ease with her patience and advice throughout the whole process.

Through hard work and a real desire to get the best for my clients, I have proven I know how to generate successful outcomes for my clients, selling and purchasing in the residential, lifestyle and orchard markets.

Having started my real estate career in Auckland where my knowledge and market techniques took me to be in the top 10% nationally. My husband and I then moved to Porangahau a small village in Central Hawke's Bay where we owned a historic homestead which we ran as a B&B and wedding venue.

We moved to Katikati 4 years ago where I returned to doing what I love - real estate.

If you are thinking of buying or selling, give me a call to discuss the Tall Poppy way. I'd love to hear from you.

Kind regards, Raewyn.

Like most of us my first involvement in the property market began when my wife and I purchased our first family home during the late-1970's in Wellington.

I worked for Europa Oil in those days until the oil industry was deregulated and went on to manage 34 branches for BP Oil NZ Limited from Stoke to New Plymouth and across the island to Palmerston North. Eleven years later Monica and I sold our home in Wellington and moved our young family to the Bay of Plenty settling in Mount Maunganui. We had taken ownership of a Europa Service Station in Mount Maunganui, which we re-branded to BP Oil and successfully ran the business including workshops until selling in 1996.

The time since has seen me managing General Mortgage Brokers NZ along with their 25 offices nationwide, assisting in setting up a marketing plan for a forestry and land units/shares public share offering – which led to my role as company director to several forest and land investment companies (a role which I still manage today), and more recently I contracted to a local Katikati real estate agency before resigning for personal reasons. On leaving my sales manager had the following to say, “Ross has been a top performer, but more than that, he’s a great bloke to work with, share a laugh with and a fantastic team mate to everyone in the company”.

Since moving to the Bay of Plenty in 1989 I have owned properties in Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, Omokoroa and during the last 10 years in rural Katikati so I have a good knowledge of the western Bay of Plenty and the facilities and wonderful lifestyles available to those lucky enough to live here. After a short break and many hours of discussion I have contracted to become the Tall Poppy Franchise Owner for the Katikati/Aongatete and Waihi areas. I particularly like Tall Poppy’s opening statement, “In 2012 we responded to Kiwis desire for a fairer deal.

We challenged the category nonsense and developed a home grown Kiwi Real Estate company with a straight up, simple proposition: we provide New Zealand with a fairer Real Estate deal without compromising on service or ethical standards”. So… if your home has been special to you and your family then I know it will be a special home for another family. Allow me to introduce your home to its new owners by contacting me, it is a fairer and more affordable option.

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