He's bsing or after extremely desirable places. Even Auckland is affordable for a single on $150k pa.
Go have a look on real estate sites and tell me you cant find 1/2 bedroom apartments for well under 1 million.
Op is single and clearly not telling the whole story about what he is willing to buy or where he is willing to live.
EDIT: Here did it for you: https://www.barfoot.co.nz/properties/residential/region=auck...
Plenty of places OP could look at if they were serious but they aren't. I'm not saying housing isn't in a bad spot as it definitely needs serious attention as a key (perhaps "THE") political issue. But hyperbole and lies doesn't help anyone or anything.