More than 5000 messages have been left with the mayor of Kaitangata from people around the world eager to live in the tiny South Island town. "We've been getting smashed," Bryan Cadogan, the local mayor of Clutha, told the Guardian. Evan Dick, a third generation dairy farmer offering house and land packages said he had been "overwhelmed" with international interest. Mr Cadogan had more than 5000 unanswered messages on his phone and thousands more had been sent through social media and by email. The Herald reported yesterday the tiny town was making world headlines in its attempts to entice people to move there, offering attractive land and house offers.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 01, 2016 07:52 UTC