Hi Flutterfly,
Anywhere in NZ would be fine - they're doing lifestyle blocks all over the show now, - although you're paying if you want to be 1/2 hr away from anything major, 1/2 hr from a lesser city and you will get cheap enough land, if it's bare land with no services (power, phone, water, etc.)
I'm in the wairarapa and although we have drought in summer we have rainfall in winter. We don't know how water is going to go so I feel it's best not to rely on streams or ground water; to survive you'll have to be able to catch rain/storm water (and storm water is of course grey, has to be stored safely.)
Go look on www.lifestyleblock.co.nz. Join up there and ask around.
Cheers, B.
Anywhere in NZ would be fine - they're doing lifestyle blocks all over the show now, - although you're paying if you want to be 1/2 hr away from anything major, 1/2 hr from a lesser city and you will get cheap enough land, if it's bare land with no services (power, phone, water, etc.)
I'm in the wairarapa and although we have drought in summer we have rainfall in winter. We don't know how water is going to go so I feel it's best not to rely on streams or ground water; to survive you'll have to be able to catch rain/storm water (and storm water is of course grey, has to be stored safely.)
Go look on www.lifestyleblock.co.nz. Join up there and ask around.
Cheers, B.