[terrywang]

It seems to be good news for Kiwi expats who wants to go home. Income may shrink (in comparison with US) but quality of life improvement may be significant. However, for those who do not own a residence in Auckland (suffering from even worse housing unaffordability issue than Sydney) may need to move outside of Auckland metro area to get more significant QoL gain.

NOTE: A colleague of mine moved back to Wellington (his home town) from Bay Area at the beginning of 2020. I have done a few Zoom / Facetime catch up with him since, he seems happy, energetic and refreshed (positive), stark contrast to the him back in 2018-2019 (SF / Bay Area). Looking forward to visit NZ once the travel bubble reopens.