Many property investors took their insurance money and fled Christchurch post-quake. Christchurch property investor Mike Percasky remembers feeling "extremely nervous" when the Little High Eatery opened to the public in 2017. KIRK HARGREAVES/STUFF Many property investors took their insurance money and fled, but a few plucky locals stayed. The launch of the Government Blueprint for Christchurch in 2012, was heralded as a plan to attract international property investors. But it seemed there was no such lack of understanding by the local investors left to fill the gaps.

Source: Stuff September 29, 2019 18:00 UTC