Jafas on a roll south for Hamilton sweet life
By WARWICK RASMUSSEN - Waikato Times | Monday, 16 April 2007
Waikato has been put on Jafa alert as latest Census figures reveal that a combination of push and pull factors brought more than 5800 Aucklanders south of the Bombay Hills between 2001 and 2006.
High property prices, transport problems and a hectic quality of life are being blamed for Auckland having a net internal migration loss of 76,000 people in that time. Waikato, and Hamilton in particular, was the largest recipient.
Real Estate Institute of New Zealand national president Murray Cleland said a combination of better housing prices, traffic, schooling, employment and lifestyle was drawing people to the region.
Mr Cleland said Aucklanders found the region attractive because they got better value for money when it came to housing.
Hamilton City Council spokesman Philip Burton said the figures confirmed trends that the council had already been noticing. "It's something anecdotally that we have been aware of for some time."
However there is no chance of Auckland losing its status as New Zealand's biggest city.
It still recorded a high natural increase of 65,500 more births than deaths in the past five years.
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