Tourist hub plagued by lack of homes, surging rents and traveller influx provides ‘starkest’ picture of country’s property crunch
When Merlin Traçable finishes work at a ski rental shop in Queenstown, New Zealand, he looks for a place to park his van.
Traçable, a 26-year-old from France on a working holiday, won’t be pulling up near his home. He doesn’t have a house, just a van, a winter sleeping bag and a blanket – currently Traçable’s only antidotes to temperatures that dipped to -4C a few nights ago.
