Quite frankly this gave me gut rot. Sounds like some Jamacian Rasta. There are 25,000 people wanting to get back to NZ. Where are we going to put them all? In Leeston township pre quake 2010 we had a pop of 500, we are i think I read 2300. We are expected to take another several thousand. We are being invaded by those who quite sensibly can only buy an ownership flat in ChCh, so come out here for a house. if you put your house on the market in the Leeston township currently, you only get north islanders looking, who want to come to the mainland buying within minutes of a property going on the marker. Rolleston, 20 minutes north, there is application by developers to take another 29,000 people but the Selwyn District Council is against this, as is Environment Canterbury, NZTA, and Christchurch airport (because the developments are over their flight paths). Our roads, bridges, sewarage systems cannot cope. Lincoln - 20 minutes away, another several thousand people - 800 sq m sections are selling for $500,000. We cannot take all these people wanting to re enter NZ. We have six MIQ in ChCh. Places like Rotorua refuse to have more MIQ - their police and health services cannot cope.
Some left to go on holiday, they were warned they could get out, but maybe not come back. Some of them still chose to go. Tough!