Call for regulation as Airbnb grows fast in ChristchurchGRANT MATTHEW/STUFF Twenty per cent of visitor stays in Christchurch are with Airbnb hosts. AIRBNB This Horotane Valley, Christchurch house costs from $1400 a night on Airbnb. There's a difference between residential and commercial rates – that's something for the Christchurch City Council to consider." Other centres including Auckland and Queenstown have moved to regulate private accommodation booked through sites such as Airbnb. Compared with Christchurch's 20 per cent, Auckland has 32.5 percent of its accommodation booked through Airbnb and Queenstown has 10 per cent.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2017 16:00 UTC