New Zealand an escape destination?

This seems to be the view of the rich and famous.

Gerald Celente in Trends Journal - NZ a good place to escape to

Gold Survival Guide,

9 May, 2012

As we mentioned a few months back, while things may not be perfect here in NZ, we still seem to be fairly attractive to wealthy foreigners such as the likes of James Cameron of Avatar fame.

And thanks to the last issue of Gerald Celente’s Trends Journal, we could end up with a few more looking to join the ranks. The nation managed to make the shortlist of “Safe Haven” destinations to escape to and did come in ahead of Australia too...

“High on the list as a Long Farewell safe haven is New Zealand. The island nation of forests and volcanoes has such livable, prosperous cities as Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch, all with a mild maritime climate. English is spoken by 98 percent of the people, and it’s a place where folks can’t help – literally – to be sunny, since it has 2,000 hours of sunshine per year. It is, however, earthquake prone. Christchurch suffered an estimated $30 billion in damage, and some 200 deaths, from a series of strong quakes over the past year and a half.

Lower on the down-under Long Farewell list is Australia, primarily for the same reasons that make Canada less attractive: its close military and foreign policy ties to the United States. But even with the downside, there is a tremendous vitality and a can-do, pioneering spirit to Aussie life. “