Rae Ocean stands at the forefront of a new era in real estate—young, enthusiastic, results-driven, and unwaveringly customer-focused.
In her fifth year as a salesperson with the award-winning team at Ray White Whangarei, this proven performer is celebrated for her exceptional work ethic, professionalism, knowledge, and integrity.
Born to a Kiwi father and Taiwanese mother, she spent formative years in Taiwan, mastering both English and Mandarin Chinese. A natural competitor driven to succeed, her early dedication to triathlon saw her competing internationally by the age of 13.
Moving to New Zealand as a teenager, Rae's love for the outdoors blossomed. At 17, she embarked on a 45-day solo journey through the South Island, featured on the cover of the Listener magazine. By 18, she guided on the Franz Josef Glacier before trekking 4,000 km on foot from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail in the United States.
Returning to New Zealand at 19, Rae based herself in the Abel Tasman National Park, working as a hiking and sea kayak guide. Presented with another opportunity, Rae’s father invited her to sail across the Pacific Ocean. Despite seasickness on the first night, her tenacity shone through. She quickly learned to sail, covering 5,000 nautical miles and navigating 15 islands to bring the boat home to New Zealand.
Raised in a household where property investments and renovations were routine, Rae frequently attended open homes and dedicated summers to painting and renovating the family rental properties. Recognising real estate as a natural calling at 20, she shifted her focus to the industry. With strong self-discipline and motivation, she purchased her first home and ventured into property management. She then progressed to sales with Ray White Whangarei, swiftly growing her business and gaining national media attention for the successful sales of her first listings on Stuff News and Sunday Star Times. Rae’s thriving business, built on recommendations and referrals, reflects her commitment to excellence.
Having purchased several properties in Whangarei and recently completing a full renovation on her home with husband David, Rae proudly calls Whangarei 'home'.
Rae Ocean's team, comprising Sales Associate Sandie Kirkman and Assistant Jade Corston, each brings a unique set of skills. Together, they form a dynamic powerhouse team, promising a well-rounded and client-focused approach to real estate, exceeding expectations with every transaction.
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Rae Ocean was brilliant! She had everything organised, and was always available and punctual with her responses. If and when we ever decide to sell we will be using her services again!
Lovely person, open, honest and knowledgeable
Rae was very helpful and understanding with our situation and kept good contact through the process.
Very knowledgeable and helpful. A pleasure to work with.
Rae was extremely professional and positive right from our first meeting. She really went above and beyond for us and her communication throughtout the process was fantastic! We didn't feel pushed into picking her as our agent and she gave us advice and support throughout our whole renovation project even prior to deciding on a real estate agent. She is an awesome agent and Ray White are extremely lucky to have her on their team.
From the start Rae and Sandie were on to it. Good communication and information. Weekly updates and Open Homes. Awesome service, selling our home in record time. We are very happy and satisfied with Rae and her team. Amazing team to work with. Highly recommend.
Rae Ocean is truly exceptional. From my first conversation with her I knew that she was the right person for the job. She was very helpful, through the whole process, very professional, and amazing at handling any obstacles. Communication was also excellent and I can’t thank her, Sandie and the team enough for their help with selling my house. Rae’s knowledge and experience made this process very smooth for us.
I fell in love with the house on the first viewing. Rae and Sandie kept in touch with us, made it easy for us to organise a building insection. Communication was factual and not pressured.
Communication at the highest level from start to finish
An excellent communicator works effectively with buyers and vendors...she and Sandie are a most effective team
We felt so encouraged and supported in the process of selling our house. We received very professional help from Rae. She is a fantastic communicator. She is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic.
very professional.
She was friendly, kind and always willing to help and answer questions
Rae was very pleasant to work with and understood exactly where we were coming from as young home owners.
Absolute dedication from the start till the end, always willing to help us both get to the Goal line
Rae is an excellent communicator is perceptive and full of go. I really enjoyed working with her.
Rae has been a blessing to me right from when I first spoke to her and introduced herself to me and then meeting her face to face. When the decision came for me to sell my house her expertise and knowledge of the real estate market was invaluable. Living away in Auckland with no family and friends in Whangarei to help me meant she was my eyes, ears and heart all through the process. She is dedicated, highly respected by the service people she works with. I cannot thank her enough. It's most likely I will never use her services in the future as I'm going into a retirement village. But definitely will recommend her!
Rae was simply the best real estate agent anyone could ask for - especially a young couple. She put in her all, going above and beyond to help up with anything we were unsure about (which was a lot given it was our first house) She’s very cool calm and collected. Professional when needs to be, but super bubbly and friendly, with the most contagious smile ever! When buying another property we will 100% use Rae again before even looking at anyone else!
With the property market rapidly shrinking and after 4 months of trying to sell the house with other agents, we were certain that there was no way we could sell it for the right price. However, Rae believed that even in the current climate she would be able to do it. Even before we asked, she had all the information gathered and the marketing strategy ready and tailored for us. She kept us informed about every step, which made us feel at ease. Rae is very knowledgeable, professional, extremely organized, yet easy-going and fun to work with. Can't imagine us working with another agent ever again. Thank you again so much, Rae. Jen
Rae was approachable and easy to work with at each step of our property purchase.
The agent who helped me in buying my flat was very helpful and did everything to make my buying as easy as possible she has my 👍 up from me.
Rae gave us good advice on how to present our property for a good sale.
Rae was prompt to respond, exceptionally knowledgeable and, above all, friendly and welcoming to me as a first-time buyer. I could not recommend her highly enough.
She was very communicative and responded my request promptly.
Easy going but also takes a lot of pride, care and passion in what she does. Very grateful to have had her in this selling process.
Rae was very friendly, helpful and focused when we marketed our property. Her advice on both buying and selling has helped us to both sell our old property and purchase a new one.
Rae is a powerful Rae of sunshine! She exceeded expectations in every aspect and undoubtedly is the best Real Estate person I have ever dealt with. She managed a renovation for us virtually, provided genuine feedback, was personable, her communication was friendly POSITIVE and efficient, and she made it seem like nothing was a bother which I really appreciated. She helped us achieve a sale we didn’t expect which has helped us into a house down here in Dunedin.
Rae was amazing - she was so friendly and welcoming right from our first meeting & her communication was amazing, she kept us so up to date & talked us through everything so we always felt at ease. I would 100% recommend her to anyone.
Rae was very helpful and guided us thru the advertising selections etc.
Rae was very helpful and guided us thru the advertising selections etc.
Excellent, professional, approachable, knowledgeable, trustworthy.
We found her easy to deal with and extremely professional.
Rae went above and beyond our expectations. She answered all my questions and concerns and those of my tenant. She was contactable, approachable and knowledgeable in her field.
She remembered everything about us and our wishes, took great care of our tenants and was firm without being pushy. She really advocated for us, and at an extremely difficult time for us.
