Keri was born and raised in Kaitaia, leaving the area to complete a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at Auckland University specialising in Marketing & Management. She worked in sales and marketing with well-known global brands in the FMCG industry. A desire for a lifestyle change saw Keri returning to the Far North in 2003 and commencing her real estate career.
Keri’s marketing skills and great customer service led to multiple Real Estate awards including REINZ Rookie of the Year, International Best New Talent and Nationwide Best Business Growth. After taking a break to have a family, Keri returned to Real Estate at the beginning of 2016 and quickly re-established her successful business qualifying as a Ray White Premier Agent after just 10 months from her return and a Ray White Elite agent in her second year back to the industry.
Now Keri’s family is older and with great support at home, she is excited to be back and likens real estate to putting pieces of puzzles together, matching buyers and vendors’ needs. She likes to take the time to understand her customers whether buying or selling. Keri is conditioned to going the extra mile, working hard and productively to achieve results in whatever she does.
Outside of work Keri is actively involved with Rugby, she is always supporting and developing opportunities for Junior & IMB Rugby for the kids in the Far North. She is a dedicated member of the Kaitaia Rugby Club, Rep coordinator for Mangonui JMB Rugby and also is a board member on the Northland Rugby Junior Council. Keri is also a trustee member of the Te Ahu Trust seeing her role as a privilege to join an incredible group of local professionals as the kaitiaki of Kaitaia's beautiful Te Ahu Community Centre - home of our town's Museum, Library, Cinema, i-Site and Cafe.
Family time is a priority so when she does find time to relax, they love to travel or spend time at the beach - especially fishing with the 90 Mile Beach Surfcasting Club.
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We couldn’t thank Keri enough for making our first home buy stress free and enjoyable. She listened to what we wanted and delivered that exactly and within a month we were in our new home. Very grateful to her and the ray white team
It was a pleasure to deal with Keri. She is an extremely polite, helpful and caring lady whom we were grateful to share this experience with. Thank you again to Keri and the team at Ray White .
She was very informative and helpful
It was easy, no hassle
Keri explained everything clearly. I was new to the auction process.Keri walked me through the process and it went exactly as she described. Thorough and professional. Made the extra effort. Awesome.
Always prompt, precise and shows consideration towards client.
Keri was awesome, she works for both buyers and sellers. Has outstanding knowledge of the market, local area, and what buyers are looking for. Very prompt and quick to follow up also. Informed every step of the way.
Excellent experience. Bought and sold through keri. Professional and friendly
Keri was a star to work with. I had been looking for a first home for a while now and had a few experiences with other agents and houses that were steep learning curves. So going for my 3rd contract I was a bit shy. Keri helped ease my nerves. Had all the information that a buyer would ever need which made the finances a lot easier to attain and just made the process not so stressful. We love our new house and neighbourhood!
Nice and friendly to deal with, great communication
Keri is great, she listens, is realistic and works hard
Keri is always available and never too busy to help. She always answers messages promptly. Keri is fantastic to deal with.
Keri went out of her way to make sure everything went smoothly. Was easy to deal with over the phone as nothing was a problem.
Very good communication and honest lady
Keri is very knowledgeable, professional and communicates exceptionally well. We are so grateful to have your assistance during our selling experience.
Keri is an amazing caring true professional lady who was extremely helpful in the whole process of us buying our property. Keri answered every call big or small answered every question and we had a bundance of them, but she just knew axcatlty what to say, and when, which trust calmed my nerves, I can tell you . Keri was with us every step of the way working hours or after hours, nothing seemed to bother her and this is what sets Keri to be an outstanding agent sometimes we all just need expert help and Keri certainly know how to govern her role to true professionalism. It's with our heartfelt thank you we certainly appreciate having such a wonderful experienced lady in our corner. Ray White Kaitaia has one in a million I certainly hope you both appreciate the special person and talents that Keri provides for your business ??
Ray Whites real estate agent, Keri Hokai knows her community very well enabling her to provide accurate and honest advice. Her marketing approach and availability to both parties is commendable.
We found Keri very friendly and professional throughout the sale our property. Always happy to answer any queries we had and made us feel comfortable with how the sale was progressing. We had Keri recommended to us and we would recommend her to anyone who who is wanting to sell their property.
We found Keri very friendly and professional throughout the sale our property. Always happy to answer any queries we had and made us feel comfortable with how the sale was progressing. We had Keri recommended to us and we would recommend her to anyone who who is wanting to sell their property.
Kerry Hokai, customer care and service was phenominal. She heard our need and fulfilled the objectives of our purchase needs. We will use Kerry now and in the future. We are currently working on our next purchase proposition.
Keri did the Xtra mile to make my purchase possible. When we went into lockdown taught me how and made it simple to sign my agreements to purchase by my phone. We're able to complete the whole deal in lockdown leval 4. So wonderful.
Keri always kept us up to date with what was happening with our property, along with her friendly and professional nature makes her an absolute please to deal with. I certainly would not hesitate to highly recommend Keri to anyone who is looking for an agent to look after their property in Northland.
Keri will go the extra mile to help you achieve the best outcome for selling your property. We have found Keri to be honest, reliable and very helpful and incredibly down to earth. Would not hesitate to have her sell a home for us again in the future, and would highly recommend to anyone looking to sell their property in Northland.
Having used Keri twice now to buy and sell a home, we would recommend Keri to anyone that wants a professional and trustworthy agent. Keri always had a smile on her face even when dealing with clients. Keri really did make buying and selling a home easy, and stress free.
She is amazing!! very honest and ethical and has awesome knowledge of the area and the properties. Very trustworthy.
Keri guided us along all the way in this experience. Just a call or message away answering all our questions and requests, whatever time of the day and day of the week.
Keri went above and beyond to sell our home as well as securing our new forever whanau whare all in recorded breaking time must I add.
She was very professional and quick to answer any questions we had keeping us informed all through the buying process
Keri provided us with excellent service. She met us at the property within a few minutes notice, we were just passing through and hadnt organised a meeting time but she made time for us straight away. She gave us all the information we needed about the land and followed it up with a couple of phone calls. She worked alongside us and was very supportive and understanding of our timeframe and we believe without her we wouldnt have got the property. Well definitely use Ray White in the future.
Excellent service and professional advice We bought our property without any hassles it was stress-free all the information we needed was provided to us as we needed it we are very happy with the outcome. Thanks so much.
Transparent, honest, positive, a joy to deal with, knows her work, beautiful smile.
Keri is extremely proactive. We felt very happy with the professionalism she displays throughout all our dealings with her.
A real gem. Helpful and really on top of her game. A lovely lady.
Keri was very helpful and would always return calls when she wasn’t able to answer immediately. Very professional.
Keri did a excellent job for me and also my self ha e enjoy the wonderful politeness and good manner from your team at ray white
Very professional yet easy going she is just great to deal with
I found Keri very informative and easy to deal with .l found it very refreshing to see Keri put a great effort in for a sale ,even well out of ordinary hours .
Keri is very friendly, and professional. Her knowledge of the area she serves is amazing. Keri made herself available where she would always return calls, kept us informed all the way along right up to after settlement making sure all went well.
A pleasure to work with ,keeps you informed all through the process and shows initiative whether you are buying or selling.
I believe Keri worked very hard for me in an extremely difficult situation
She was very helpful when I needed answers to questions and being a first home buying I found she put things into easy to understand language
Keri Hokai's service was outstanding, keeping myself informed every step of the way.
I enjoyed Keri fast and efficient work and keeping me in the loop of goings on. I would definitely use her again.
Keri was excellent, very helpful, good follow up with everything regards our purchase
She is knowledgable, friendly and experienced and works hard.
She is very good and honest at what she says and does I highly recommend her.
Keri worked to high standards and got more for our house than we thought we would ever get!!...... she is friendly and kind to everyone and treats everyone the same...... very highly recommended.... well done Keri!!
keri was friendly helpfull and not pushy in anyway. nothing was a problem for her she made the whole process a lot less stressfull. keri was the best realestate agent we have ever dealt with. thank you keri
Keri has a gift at selling houses. She works hard & thinks about who her market is and then goes about to make that happen. She is talented and working within her passion and gifting which makes it a pleasure to be apart of.
Keri has been invaluable to our journey and has been very trustworthy and forthcoming with knowledge and information not to mention her positive and excellent manner she conducts herself. Perfect outcome!
Keri went above & beyond the call of duty over and over again. She is an honest, hardworking and easy to get along with person. She walked us through the process with care & integrity.
Keri made the sale of our house easy and she was very approachable and easy to contact.
She got far more for our house than what any other agents appraisal was valued at. She stood by her word and got what she said she would get. A very friendly person and easy to work with.
Lovely to deal with very knowledgeable
Keri was at all times courteous ,kept us in the picture , from my perspective she was professional , she just did a great job ,thanks Keri
Very easy transaction
I have utilised Keris services in the sale of a property for an entity which I was in control of .I knew nothing of the property market in the far north, but found that Keris advice and support was second to none. She marketed the property very effectively and the beneficiaries of the trust ended up with a sale price in excess of $30,000 more than the valuation had indicated. Keri followed the transaction closely, Keri always has her clients interests at heart and I would recommend her to any one needing real estate services in the far North area.
Keri is professional, extremely helpful, looks after you as a buyer and goes the extra mile to ensure you get what you want and has other options available if things change or don't go as intended
The entire process made us feel comfortable! She went above and beyond but more importantly explained the process every step of the way!! And more!!
My husband George and I had been trying to sell our block of land for about five (long) years, after deciding to remain living in Australia. We tried almost every agent in Kaitaia but sadly found all to be very unmotivated and discouraging (we were usually told that "vacant blocks just don't sell"). Even lowering our asking price to two-thirds of what we paid for it didn't help. In five years we literally only had a couple of people shown the land by agents, no offers. This year we decided to make a last ditch attempt to sell, privately, by social media. And luckily for us, Keri saw our ad and got in touch. She was fabulous from the get-go. Not pushy at all just helpful, pro-active, and enthusiastic! Something we hadn't had from any other agent. Incredibly, Keri showed the land five times in the first week and by the third week had not one but TWO offers for us. We were blown away, in fact brought to tears - she didn't just sell our land, she relieved us of a financial and emotional burden. On top of all of that, she has made the selling process stress-free for us by handling everything, even giving up half her long weekend to get it all done. Where our solicitor fell seriously short, Keri was there to jump in, do the running around and fill in the gaps, keeping us up-to-date at every step. We really can't thank her enough.
Keri was amazing. Absolutely determined to find a buyer for our section that had been on the market for four years prior to her listing it. She had had the listing for only a couple of months
Keri at all times went out of her way to make this purchase as painless as possible. She also went above and beyond in assisting both the vendor and myself in settling my dog issue and some settlement of furniture.
Keri is an amazing professional - someone who really knows her stuff, knows the market and totally delivers on advice and making it happen.
If you want good honest no stress with property matters, I would totally recommend Keri. She takes all the stress and doubt out of the deal. Very communicative, honest and organised...oh and a wee bit of a miracle worker
I highly recommend Keri to anyone who is looking for a caring, fast & efficient real estate agent. I found Keri focused and continually recommending houses that suited my family, budget and location, she listened to what I wanted and found the perfect house in my price range for me. Keri is highly motivated and focused on achieving the perfect outcome for her clients - whether that be a buyer or seller. Thank you soo much Keri for the service you provided me, it was impeccable and you are by far the best in town!!! Your service cannot be faulted, you worked outside office hours for me and i simply cannot express my thanks enough!!
Keri communicated clearly through the whole sale process, she went above and beyond to update me and work with the interested Buyer to get us over the line. Her professional manner and suggestions were appreciated.
Keri walked me through the process of selling my house. She answered all my questions and was always available.
Keri is professional at all times, works hard for her vendor whilst caring for the purchaser and assisting with the process at all times. Keri never makes you feel like anything is to hard.
I had been trying to purchase a house for about 4 weeks and had some absolutely shocking experiences, especially with LJHooker in Whangarei and I can tell you with absolute directness that Keri Hokai was a dream to deal with, my appreciation of Keri's work is total admiration as we got in a bit of a situation with one thing and another and thanks to her I have a home I love.
Very professional and awesome to deal with. Also a great team in Kaitaia ☺
Keri has been diligent, enthusiastic, competent, hard-working and most importantly, successful.
Friendly, easy to talk to, a mine of information. If she said she would do something she would follow through with it. No waiting around for answers
She was professional, clear, helpful without being overly enthusiastic. She did not try to influence my decisions. She had available lists of relevant services--- building inspectors; solicitors etc
She delivered and handle all correspondnece professionally.
She was very friendly and helpful and confident that she would be able to get us the best price for our property which she did.
Keri is very outgoing, friendly and is extremely pro-active and has a fantastic feel for both vendor and purchaser requirements and needs in dealing with real estate matters
Keri took the time to understand my situation & requirements which ended in a very satisfactory result. Her professionalism & commitment was much appreciated.
she is full of energy and gives vendor a lot of confidence in her ability to sell property
Keri was fantastic. She worked very hard, and kept us up to date every step of the way.
She is very professional with great coraspondance and service .
