‘Enquiries from Americans wanting to move to remote New Zealand have skyrocketed since George W Bush was re-elected president of the United States.
The Immigration Service website had 10 300 hits from the United States the day after the election, compared to the daily norm of 2 500.”

Phones at the Immigration Service offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland have been ringing constantly since the vote outcome, Marketing Manager Don Badman told the Dominion Post newspaper on Saturday. There have been up to 300 telephone calls and emails a day compared to six-to-eight calls a day before the election. “It’s exploded. It really started picking up from 23:00 the night of the election,” he said.’
(Thanks Eon)