'How to move to NZ' search skyrockets

A Trump supporter holds a US flag on Election Day in Powder Springs, Georgia. Photo: Reuters
A Trump supporter holds a US flag on Election Day in Powder Springs, Georgia. Photo: Reuters
As the world awaits to hear who has won the US presidency, Americans are already exploring their options, including a move to the Land of the Long White Cloud.

Google trends have shown a massive spike in searches on how to move to New Zealand.

Americans have also turned to Twitter to share their hopes in moving to New Zealand.

A screenshot on Google Trends captured the rise in Google searches. Photo / Google
A screenshot on Google Trends captured the rise in Google searches. Photo / Google
At 5.37pm the search "how to move to New Zealand" peaked at 100 with a large number of Google searches coming from California, including Los Angeles.

Democratic challenger Joe Biden has won California, the nation's biggest electoral haul.

However this is not the first time these Google searches have spiked.

Just 20 minutes into the "chaotic" and "s*** show" September debate between Donald Trump and Biden, Americans had had enough, with Google Trends showing a substantial rise in the search "how to move to New Zealand".

Google Trends searches are ranked between 0 and 100, with 0 meaning not enough data and 100 indicating peak popularity.

Less than an hour into the debate, the search "how to move to New Zealand" was sitting at 75 out of 100.

By the end of the debate, it had hit 100.

In the past, celebrities have also said they will leave the states if Donald Trump would be reelected for another four years.

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Bruce Springsteen, Ricky Martin and Tommy Lee are a few who have said they would move.

However, some celebrities did not follow through: in 2018 stars including Miley Cryus, Chelsea Handler, Samuel L Jackson and Amy Schumer promised to ditch the states if Trump were to win.

He did, but celebrities stayed put.

In September, Legend hinted that he and his wife Teigen might pack up their family and move from their home state of California.

The couple campaigned for Biden in Philadelphia said they are "exhausted" by Trump, calling his leadership "embarrassing".

"Every once in a while you think about it," Legend said of leaving the US.

"We were born and raised here, all of our families are here. It would be hard to leave.

"But I don't know what one's supposed to do when you have a leader who is trying to destroy democracy.

"At some point, if that project [to destroy democracy] was to be in any way successful, you'd have to think about going somewhere that is a true democracy, that has respect for the rule of law and human rights.

"If America chooses to be that place then people will have to start thinking about going somewhere else. It is truly disturbing and concerning," he said.

Comments

Of course they didn't move. They are Democrats. All talk and no action. All moralistic but live decadent lives. All for climate change action but know it won't be them that's affected by higher cost of everything and massive disruption to life style.
What they are really saying is they want to live where there is a placid population that doesn't confront them with their hypocrisy.
For most people in the world life is hard and often ugly. What they don't want to see is that it's been their greed and self righteousness that created the Trump Presidency.

What a load of nonsense. They didn't move because we are not letting in foreigners unless their occupations are on the list of trades and professions that we need in our country. They would have found that you can't just randomly show up at NZ borders and stay here. Your diatribe is merely a load of your irrelevant opinions that tells us more about you, your bias and prejudices than it does about the people who are looking for a little sanity and safety in their existence.

FYI. From immigration.govt.nz
“ New Zealand has business and investment opportunities in traditional and new business sectors, a well-educated and flexible workforce, and a Government actively promoting growth and innovation with a range of business and migrant-friendly policies.”
Yes, if you have the money, you can buy your way into NZ. The celebrities quoted in the article have the money but they are all virtue signalling and self interest, thank goodness.

What a load of nonsense, they won't move because it's exactly as EWO has said, your wee diatribe is your own (irrelevant) opinions and tells us about your biases rather than the message you are trying to convey.

Look at the mess that they have made of their own country. Who the hell wants them here.
Stay back in the USA and clean up you own mess instead of just running away and creating another.