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It's about to get easier and cheaper for wealthy people to move to New Zealandwww.businessinsider.com/moving-to-new-zealand-new-golden-visa-requirements-american-interest-2025-3
488 sats \ 7 comments \ @NovaRift 29 Apr econ
Starting April 1, New Zealand is easing its golden visa rules to lure wealthy people to move there.
Most visa inquiries so far have come from Americans, the New Zealand government told BI.
Americans jarred by political tumult may be drawn to New Zealand's lifestyle, safety, and stability.
Some Americans are exploring moves out of the country because of dissatisfaction with the political climate. Google searches for "moving to New Zealand" spiked around Election Day and Inauguration Day, as did related searches for "moving to Canada" and "how to move out of the US."
Starting April 1, it'll get a little easier for wealthy foreigners to pay for a pathway to New Zealand residency. The country is changing the requirements for its golden visa program, formally called the "active investor plus" visa.
The lightening of golden visa requirements comes as New Zealand is trying to boost an economy grappling with recession, its worst downturn since 1991 except for the pandemic.
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120 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined 29 Apr
Anyone who still wants to move to New Zealand after Covid, I'll drive to the airport myself just to make sure they get on the plane.
Good riddance.
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36 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bear 29 Apr
I think the government changed since then. And to the right.
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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @95575884_ 29 Apr
Your right, but the right of New Zealand arn't any better. This is just another move to prop up the real estate ponzi.
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 29 Apr
Maybe so, but the "Govern me harder, daddy." populace didn't.
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34 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift OP 29 Apr
🤣
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16 sats \ 0 replies \ @02deb955aa 29 Apr freebie
That would be horrible to get an influx of woke wealthy people. Cant think of anything more destructive to NZ
5 sats \ 0 replies \ @hgw39 29 Apr
The government has changed since Covid, technically towards the right but not much has changed. Just different people squealing about different things. New Zealand's biggest problem is apathy and lack of leadership, and I don't mean this from a political point of view, society in general. Life was generally OK here for most people for a long time, now it's not. There's a line that Peter Jackson is credited with many years ago, "Kiwis often show up a day late and a dollar short", when he was asked about how NZ engages on the world stage, and I think that still applies to this day. Most of us live here because we were born here and our families are here, the landscape here is great and so are the people. New Zealand runs the fiat property ponzi as well as anyone, regardless of which party is in power. There are some interesting initiatives and companies in the Bitcoin space here, let's call it small but active. Here's a summary from last year: https://kiwibitcoinguide.org/articles-and-guides/bitcoin-in-new-zealand-in-2024-the-year-in-review/
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