The Harveys Brand

William Harvey commenced conducting his real estate business in 1918 in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand.

Years later, William’s son and family moved to the Auckland with the intention of growing the family business. In 1980 William’s grandson a real estate agent, purchased an office based in Blockhouse Bay.  During the next year or so he opened two more offices in Mt Roskill and Green Bay.  And expanded the business to include eight offices throughout West Auckland putting Harveys franchising the offices in 1990.

From 1990 to 2004, Ross Hunter and Ross Barraclough purchased Harveys and expanded into other areas growing the brand.

Multi-brand pioneer

In 2010 LJ Hooker was the first major Australasian network to successfully integrate and operate dual brands as a result of a merger with our 100-year strong brand.  Instead of converting Harveys offices to the LJ Hooker brand, it was decided to operate both brands side by side – two brands, one team.

Constant innovation

Today, as a forward-thinking real estate agency and as part of the LJ Hooker Group we have a new generation of customers, employees, franchise owners and shareholders, and with more than 100 years’ experience in selling real estate, we’re able to provide you with an experience that is as supportive as it is successful.

We stand for six principles

• Passion
• Knowledge
• Innovation
• Integrity
• Teamwork
• Persistence