Ray White Tauranga (Distinction Realty Limited (Licensed: REAA 2008))

1/525 Cameron Road, Tauranga, Tauranga City
Distinction Realty Limited Licensed (REAA 2008): 2015014
  •   4.9   (209 reviews)

Meet the team

Get to know the 15 agents at Ray White Tauranga (Distinction Realty Limited (Licensed: REAA 2008)).

Jo Morrell
Jo Morrell

Sales Consultant

  4.9   (187 reviews)
About Jo
As a team, Jo & Jon bring the combined knowledge and experience of over 15 years within the Real Estate industry. Together, they have the skills to give an unrivalled service to their clients. They always aim to achieve the very best outcome for their vendors and purchasers, making the whole selling and buying process as seamless and stress-free as possible, making it more exciting and enjoyable. Being highly driven, motivated, and passionate has helped Jo & Jon achieve top national salesperson/team awards for three consecutive years. They get results! After spending 30 years as a Medical Microbiologist and living in Auckland, Jo felt the need for a new challenge in her life. Not only did Jo and her family pack up and move cities after living there for over 30 years, Jo also completely changed her career path. Real Estate has always been at the top of Jo’s list, and she is thrilled to have completed the course which she thoroughly enjoyed, and she is super excited about what the future may bring with Tall Poppy! Jo brings many attributes to the profession. Jo’s confident, outgoing, and friendly personality is one of her strongest qualities allowing her to develop strong working relationships with people to gain their trust. Jo has a great work ethic and time management skills. Jo is loyal, trustworthy, highly organised, and great at problem solving. Jo will always provide the most up-to-date and accurate information and sound Real Estate advice to her colleagues, clients, and customers. Jo will continually research new technology and ideas to help improve and make selling and buying a home easier, faster and an even more positive experience. These values are what makes Jo stand out as a Real Estate professional and drives her to become the best within her chosen career path. Jon owes his successful sales career to what some might consider an unconventional upbringing. Jon grew up in the service and sales industry in the UK, then spent his early teens travelling around and residing in numerous countries within Europe, finally settling in the Spanish Province of Andalucía. During that time, Jon met and sought advice from many successful businesspeople from all walks of life, whose experience he took and used in his own business dealings over the years. Jon’s experiences in investing and new home builds have led him to the Real Estate industry, which, over the past few years, Jon has established a sound reputation of being honest and working with integrity. Being a people person, Jon builds and maintains strong working relationships with each client. It gives Jon great pleasure to negotiate a fair deal and a successful sale. Jon’s goal is to help his clients feel comfortable and excited throughout the buying and/or selling process. If you’re thinking of selling? Chat to Jo & Jon today. I bring many attributes to the profession. My confident, outgoing, and friendly personality is one of my strongest qualities allowing me to develop strong working relationships with people to gain their trust. I have great work ethic and time management skills. I am loyal, trustworthy, highly organised and am great at problem solving. I will always provide the most up-to-date and accurate information and sound real estate advice to my colleagues, clients and customers. I will continually research new technology and ideas to help improve and make selling and buying a home easier, faster and an even more positive experience. These values are what make me stand out as a Real Estate Professional and drive me to become the best within my chosen career path. joanna.morrell@tallpoppy.co.nz 021 144 2146
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Jon Woodcock
Jon Woodcock

Sales Consultant

  4.9   (168 reviews)
About Jon
As a team, Jo & Jon bring the combined knowledge and experience of over 10 years within the Real Estate industry. Together, they have the skills to give an unrivalled service to their clients. They always aim to achieve the very best outcome for their vendors and purchasers, making the whole selling and buying process as seamless and stress-free as possible, making it more exciting and enjoyable. Being highly driven, motivated, and passionate has helped Jo & Jon achieve top national salesperson/team awards for three consecutive years. They get results! After spending 30 years as a Medical Microbiologist and living in Auckland, Jo felt the need for a new challenge in her life. Not only did Jo and her family pack up and move cities after living there for over 30 years, Jo also completely changed her career path. Real Estate has always been at the top of Jo’s list, and she is thrilled to have completed the course which she thoroughly enjoyed, and she is super excited about what the future may bring with Tall Poppy! Jo brings many attributes to the profession. Jo’s confident, outgoing, and friendly personality is one of her strongest qualities allowing me to develop strong working relationships with people to gain their trust. Jo has a great work ethic and time management skills. Jo is loyal, trustworthy, highly organised, and great at problem solving. Jo will always provide the most up-to-date and accurate information and sound Real Estate advice to her colleagues, clients, and customers. Jo will continually research new technology and ideas to help improve and make selling and buying a home easier, faster and an even more positive experience. These values are what makes Jo stand out as a Real Estate professional and drives her to become the best within her chosen career path. Jon owes his successful sales career to what some might consider an unconventional upbringing. Jon grew up in the service and sales industry in the UK, then spent his early teens travelling around and residing in numerous countries within Europe, finally settling in the Spanish Province of Andalucía. During that time, Jon met and sought advice from many successful businesspeople from all walks of life, whose experience he took and used in his own business dealings over the years. Jon’s experiences in investing and new home builds have led him to the Real Estate industry, which, over the past few years, Jon has established a sound reputation of being honest and working with integrity. Being a people person, Jon builds and maintains strong working relationships with each client. It gives Jon great pleasure to negotiate a fair deal and a successful sale. Jon’s goal is to help his clients feel comfortable and excited throughout the buying and/or selling process. If you’re thinking of selling? Chat to Jo & Jon today.
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Mark Francis
Mark Francis

Sales Consultant

  4.9   (123 reviews)
About Mark
Mark is a sales person with genuine integrity and professionalism, which has helped him become a top sales person within Tauranga. With over 25 years of sales experience in the Real Estate and Agricultural industry, Mark now sells residential and lifestyle properties with Ray White. Mark builds genuine relationships with his clients, whether they are buying or selling, his aim is to provide real value to each through their property journey and ensure what can be a stressful process is well managed and an enjoyable experience. Mark continually receives repeat business as a direct result of his affable approach, his ability to recognise and prioritise what is important for his clients and motivation to exceed expectations. Mark’s knowledge of Tauranga City and the surrounding suburbs ensure his clients get invaluable local insight when buying or selling residential properties and his vast experience in agricultural sales gives him an upper hand when dealing with lifestyle properties. As a family man Mark is passionate about kids achieving in sport and education. Mark gives back to the community by supporting Basketball, Cricket, Rugby and local schools. Mark is the ideal agent to assist you with your residential and lifestyle property needs.
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Kim Watt
Kim Watt

Licensed Real Estate Agent

  4.9   (93 reviews)
About Kim
If you’re looking to sell your home and want absolute confidence you’ve chosen the right person — you’re in safe hands. I’m Kim Watt, a leading sales consultant with Ray White Tauranga, and I’m proud to be the top-performing agent in the office. I’ve also achieved Elite status, placing me in the top 3% of Ray White agents across New Zealand and Australia — a reflection of consistently strong results, trusted advice, and happy clients. But success, to me, is about far more than numbers. I’m known for being a considerate, compassionate and highly strategic adviser — someone who truly listens, tells you the truth, and helps you make decisions that are better for you, not better for me. Selling your home is a major life decision, and my role is to guide you with clarity, confidence and genuine care every step of the way. Genuine Care. 10/10 Service. Exceptional Results. My clients consistently leave outstanding reviews, describing me as professional, calm under pressure, proactive, and deeply committed to achieving the best possible outcome. Many come back to me again — and refer friends and family — because they felt supported, informed and confident throughout the entire process. With the backing of Ray White, deep local market knowledge, and a proven track record at the highest level, I combine empathy with smart strategy to deliver results — without ever losing sight of what matters most to you. If you’re thinking about selling and want an agent who will genuinely care, communicate clearly, and negotiate fiercely on your behalf, I’d love to help.
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Tash Pownall
Tash Pownall

Sales & Marketing Consultant / Licensed Real Estate Agent

  4.9   (61 reviews)
About Tash
Originally from Yorkshire, UK, Tash followed her adventurous spirit to New Zealand in 2013 and happily settled in the beautiful Bay of Plenty. Tash is defined by her vibrant and approachable personality. She brings fun and positivity to every interaction, creating an environment where clients feel valued, supported, and completely at ease. Loyalty runs deep, and she sees her clients as far more than just business relationships. With a down-to-earth, outgoing nature, Tash’s mantra is simple yet powerful: Communication, Dedication, Persistence, Trust, and Adaptability. She’s proud to break the stereotype — proving that real estate agents can be both friendly and effective while achieving outstanding results. Being a former New Zealand Police Officer, strengthened her people skills, resilience, and ability to navigate challenges - all of which she uses to guide clients confidently through their property journey. When she’s not helping clients, you’ll find Tash outdoors — mountain biking, hiking, roller skating, snowboarding, or spending time with her horses. A country girl at heart, she’s just as happy in her scruffs and gumboots as she is in the office. Real estate doesn’t have to be stressful or complicated. With Tash, it isn’t just a transaction - it’s an experience you can trust and enjoy.
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Sarah Deighton
Sarah Deighton

Licensed Real Estate Agent / Sales & Marketing Consultant / Sales Agent

  4.8   (58 reviews)
About Sarah
Sarah is a top performing agent with Ray White Tauranga, and was awarded Premier Member for 25/26 placing her in the Top 11% within the Ray White Group (Internationally). Sarah is someone whom you can trust 100% whether buying or selling, as she places people at the forefront of her business and delivers exceptional results every time. Sarah has had an impressive career and graduated with a Masters degree and was a Director at Waipuna Hospice (Allied Health). After reaching the pinnacle of her career which including PhD research, she decided to start her own real estate business with the goal of providing exemplary customer service. Sarah is a hard working and highly professional real estate expert, who works from a strong ethical framework. She works transparently with both sellers and buyers and her communication is simply exceptional. Sarah has always been invested in her community and for this reason she is a member of Rotary (Te Papa) and has been a Board Member for a national organisation that works to support the wellbeing of children and their families. Sarah understands that buying and selling property can be stressful, and for this reason she works hard at alleviating this for her clients, by inspiring confidence in the process from her years of successful campaigns, strategic planning and implementation, together with her knowledge of today's market. As a previous business owner she brings a strong business acumen, analytical and professional customer focussed approach to her work. As a previous property investor and keen renovator, Sarah is also able to guide buyers and investors in their decision making in terms of understanding the market, rental yield, and capital gain opportunities. "My greatest achievements at the end of the day are the results that I obtain for my vendors and buyers, and when you list with me, you get me every step of the way". Awards: Premier Member 25/26 - Ray White New Zealand Executive Performer 24/25 - Ray White New Zealand 2025 "Marketing Campaign of the Year" Ray White (Distinction Realty) "Top Auction Lister" - Q4 July 2025 - Ray White (Distinction Realty) "Values Award" - Q4 2024 - Ray White (Distinction Realty) "Top Auction Lister" Q1 March 2024 - Ray White (Distinction Realty)
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About us

Three locations, heaps of local experts, years of combined experience. We are a growing business with three Ray White real estate offices across the Bay of Plenty. Ray White Tauranga Ray White Te Puke Ray White Bayfair We service all of the Bay of Plenty region, not bound to certain areas. We like to think we do things a little differently around here. We are enthusiastic and ambitious, we are humble but quietly achieve some pretty awesome results. We are headed up by Rodney Fong and David Hart and our teams consist of both fresh faced and well known agents. We have a robust admin team to make sure boxes are ticked and we pride ourselves on years of doing business with integrity and honesty. Compliance, process and respecting the rules are key to how we operate – we do things by the book. We have clients that have been with us for decades, generations of families and we have sold a huge number of homes across the region. We work hard, we’re focused and we’re not afraid of digging in when it matters the most. Whether we’re guiding you through buying your first home, selling your last, assisting with an upgrade, a downsize or a reshuffle, managing an investment, renting you a home or anything in between, we will do our very best, – we are dedicated experts.

Our reviews

  4.9  
209 reviewsacross 24 different locations, showing 6.
18 days ago
Greg went above and beyond to sell my property. Excellent communication and nothing was a proble

Greg would always answer his phone when he could, otherwise he would get back to me ASAP. Greg came up with different options throughout the selling process to keep the listing fresh. Was always there for open homes and gave me great feedback while leaving the open homes as to how they went etc... I was never left wondering.

Greg Bopf

Greg Bopf

  4.9   (13 reviews)
about 1 month ago
Excellent presentation, warm & very friendly personality

Kim is professional with a good market knowledge & is fortunate to have a great support team working along side her. Majority of communication is electronic, lots of stats, graphs & feedback from viewers of property.

Kim Watt

Kim Watt

  4.9   (93 reviews)
about 1 month ago
Exceptional experience

We recently purchased our first home with Tash and Jacob as the agents. We were amazed from the first interaction with the team. Tash and Jacob have a great sense of relating to their clients and wanted to actually help achieve our goals as first home buyers. The process can be intimidating buying a home but they made it a very enjoyable experience from exceptional communication, friendly guidance and brought a relaxed approach. If you’re looking at buying/selling definitely look to this team, we’d certainly use them in the future again. Jaiden & Liv

Tash Pownall

Tash Pownall

  4.9   (61 reviews)
about 1 month ago
Not Enough Words to Describe Sarah and her Support

We initially met Sarah looking at a house well out of our budget. She stayed in touch with ideas for us about other houses, was completely honest when I enquired about properties and supported our journey the whole way. Through a miracle we ended up being able to purchase the initial house and without her kindness we never would have had the courage to make an offer. Sarah had such personal integrity (not always a given) and empathy. I would have no hesitation in recommending her or using her again when I am in the property market again.

Sarah Deighton

Sarah Deighton

  4.8   (58 reviews)
about 1 month ago
I found Sarah to be hard working,honest and has excellent communication skills

I feel I may not of been the easiest of clients, I had an idea in my head and would not budge.Sarah handled that well and worked tirelessly untill she got me the outcome I was looking for . She has a lovely happy friendly personality that makes you feel calm and 100 percent in the right hands

Sarah Deighton

Sarah Deighton

  4.8   (58 reviews)
about 1 month ago
Tailored approach coupled with genuine, honest people

We can’t thank the Francis team enough for the outstanding job they did selling our home. They were invested in learning about our lived experiences of the house itself and our perspective of how to best sell it. Team Francis were proactive in their approach to marketing, open homes and communication with both us and the buyers which ensured we were never left guessing and always knew where things were at. Their knowledge of recent market trends and selling strategies clearly showed, getting us a timely contract and deal over the line. To top it off they are just genuinely lovely people who want to help which made them amazing to work with during a very stressful time and created an inviting environment for buyers. This was not our first rodeo and I can hand on heart say they are the best agents we have worked with.

Mark Francis

Mark Francis

  4.9   (123 reviews)
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Our properties

Ray White Tauranga (Distinction Realty Limited (Licensed: REAA 2008)) has 36 properties for sale and sold 107 properties in the last 12 months, showing 4, sorted by most recent activity

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468 Fraser Street
Parkvale Bay of Plenty
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19 Crescent Road
Otumoetai Bay of Plenty
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316 Ngatai Road
Bellevue Bay of Plenty
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SoldAug 13, 2026
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