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Chitchat Tiny NZ town wants you

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Tiny New Zealand town with 'too many jobs' launches drive to recruit outsiders


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A tiny New Zealand town has a unique problem – too many jobs, too many affordable houses and not enough people to fill them.

So the 800 residents of picturesque Kaitangata, on the South Island, have launched a recruitment drive to lure new residents to the town.

The scheme involves offering house and land packages in the rural community for an attractive NZ$230,000 (£122,000) in the hope that Kiwis struggling with life in big cities will be tempted to relocate.

Bryan Cadogan, mayor of the Clutha district, which includes Kaitangata, estimates there are upwards of 1,000 jobs vacant in his district and local residents are unable to meet demand.

He said: “When I was unemployed and had a family to feed, the Clutha gave me a chance, and now we want to offer that opportunity to other Kiwi families who might be struggling.

“We have got youth unemployment down to two. Not 2% – just two unemployed young people.”

The major employers in the Clutha distract are linked to primary industries – including a dairy processing plant and freezing works – and for many years they have been forced to bus in workers from the provincial hub of Dunedin, which is over an hour away.

“I despair over the way many Kiwi families are forced to live these days,” said Cadogan, who is a born and bred local.

“So many of the things Kiwis value, such as owning your own home and providing for your family, have become an impossible dream. For a lot of people in New Zealand life is just an endless slog. And that really saddens me.”

Dairy farmer Evan Dick is a third-generation resident of Kaitangata and he is spearheading the town’s recruitment drive.

He is offering house and land packages and has the bank, lawyers and local community services on stand-by to streamline the relocation process for any blue-collar workers interested in shifting to the town.
“The housing crisis in New Zealand has made the Kiwi dream unattainable for many people, but in Kaitangata the Kiwi dream is still a reality,” said Dick.

“This is an old-fashioned community, we don’t lock our houses, we let kids run free. We have jobs, we have houses, but we don’t have people. We want to make this town vibrant again, we are waiting with open arms.”
 

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The town of Kaitangata on New Zealand’s South Island
 
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Problem with small NZ towns is the lack of essential amenities (schools, clinics, child-care plunkets, hospitals, supermarts, banks, few shops & probably lack wi fi). These kind of small town shops would really close at 5pm or even earlier as most residents would be in bed straight after dinner.

Also the 'RATES' (like your town council charges) shared equally by a small village population payable to maintain essential services would be very high. Imagine the salary of town council members, chairman etc alone would have to be paid from a small number of residents as compared to a larger town with more residents.
 
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Devil Within

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They will have no problem if they get Taiwanese or Hong Kongers or even PRCs. They will have lots of problem if they import Muslims.
 
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