READ MORE:* SURVIVOR CITY: Christchurch jobseekers face uncertain road as Covid crisis stretches on* Survivor City: What New Regent St businesses learnt from the quakes* Development rebate necessary to boost inner-city residential population. Christchurch’s population mix also drew them in – just over a quarter of the city’s population is overseas born. Unlike Auckland and Wellington, Christchurch has inexpensive homes in suburbs not far from the central city, or by the beach. Alden Williams/Stuff Christchurch’s central city is still being rebuilt after the earthquakes. “Every time I bike into the central city I see something new, it’s changing all the time,” he says.

Source: Stuff July 27, 2020 17:03 UTC