Sunshine wages: fact or fiction? Marlborough is one of the sunniest regions in New Zealand, but are the region's workers sacrificing salary for the extra sunshine? But a business consultant believes the so-called "sunshine wages" of Marlborough, and the top of the south, are a myth. Smale said Marlborough had one of the lowest average wages in New Zealand in the 1990s, but even that was not down to employers paying less. "I think it's actually in our favour because we still have the sunshine, and job-for-job, the wages aren't lower here," Smale said.

Source: Stuff December 11, 2017 23:48 UTC