- New Zealand’s second biggest city, Christchurch, is bucking national house price trends because politicians and building firms acted urgently after the 2011 earthquakes.
The earthquakes destroyed up to an estimated 20,000 Christchurch homes (12,000 red zoned), and the near-complete task of rebuilding them means prices have plateaued even as the city returns to net population gain.
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