Fast fibre key to attracting rich listers, Rod Drury says

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Xero founder and former chief executive Rod Drury has renewed his call for a change to rules to allow wealthy foreigners to buy property in the country’s top destination drawcards.But, he said, any influx into areas such Queenstown or Hawke’s Bay would depend as much on excellent digital connectivity as it would on opening up the market to land investors.In his address to the epidemic response committee today, Drury said 1,000 sections could be allocated more or less “immediately” in Queenstown which he suggested co...

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