Stuart Mitchell

So the atmosphere, the energy, the environment, the will-do, can-do, want-to-do attitude is what sold me.

Then on top of that,

You've got the scenery and everything else, the outdoor activities that go with it.

So the only negative for me is that it doesn't have a beach.

And Dan mentioned off air that Tauranga is New Zealand's Gold Coast, which is fantastic.

And, you know, that's the only one thing for me.

The water's cold, but it's nice and refreshing.

yeah yeah so i mean queenstown i've lived here for 16 years now i would say the first four years the mantra was always great place to live but people get sick of making friends and connections and then a few years later they're moving on so people just get sick of meeting people making friends and and i'm to start over again i would say after four years the last 12 years that stretch changed um

moving a bit more from a holiday town to a locals town and growing and spreading.

So there are spreading pains with that.

And obviously post-COVID you've had a lot of people can now relocate and work remotely.

And some of these people can earn good salaries and afford to be able to move here.

And if they're from overseas, Queenstown's still relatively cheap depending on where you're from.

So there's a lot.

of different factors going on in Queenstown.

You've probably got two markets as well.

You've got that probably the locals, the first-owned buyers.

Sounds ridiculous, first-owned buyers up to 1.5 million, but that's kind of what it is.

And then you've got the...

Anything above that, you've got the more overseas and wealthier people looking to purchase.