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New Zealand property bubble. The property bubble in New Zealand is a major national economic and social issue. Since the early 1990s, house prices in New Zealand have risen considerably faster than incomes, [ 1] putting increasing pressure on public housing providers as fewer households have access to housing on the private market.
Mount Cook Village, officially Aoraki / Mount Cook, [a] is located within New Zealand's Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park at the end of State Highway 80, only 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) [3] south of the summit of the country's highest mountain, also called Aoraki / Mount Cook, in the Southern Alps.
Rongotea is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement. It covers 0.58 km 2 (0.22 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 700 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 1,207 people per km 2. It is part of the larger Awahuri statistical area.
The house was built in 2006 [1] in Coatesville for Richard Bradley, [2] who is known for owning the company "Chrisco" that sells Christmas hampers in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Canada. [3] Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom rented the house from 2010 for NZ$1 million per year. The mansion became well known through the police ...
south coast. Ōwhiro Bay. Island Bay. Happy Valley is a southern suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, although it is not an "official" suburb to the Wellington City Council. It is a main thoroughfare between Wellington city and Wellington's somewhat rugged and scenic southern coast. The name "Happy Valley" has been in use since the 1840s.
The name is the subject of a 1960 song by the New Zealand balladeer Peter Cape. [12] It appears in the 1976 (re-released in 1979) single "The Lone Ranger" by British band Quantum Jump , which featured in the title sequence of the second series of The Kenny Everett Video Show .
Hawksbury, New Zealand. Coordinates: 45.617534°S 170.637782°E. Hawksbury, also known as Cherry Farm (and sometimes erroneously as "Evansdale"), is a small residential and industrial area in New Zealand, located beside State Highway 1 between Dunedin and Waikouaiti. [1]
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