The Rich Are Looking to Buy Access to Covid Safe Havens

Just $2 million gets you the right to live, work and study in New Zealand.

Waihi Beach in New Zealand.

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The next time the world’s rich are forced into lockdown, they would like to have an escape ready to a remote and sunny beach. Or perhaps to New Zealand, one of the few countries that has eliminated Covid-19.

They are willing to pay for the privilege, of course.