Aucklanders in search of a better lifestyle are finding it in the Bay of Plenty, new figures show.
New Zealand Post statistics show 406 households requested a postal redirection from Auckland to Tauranga or the Western Bay of Plenty in the past six months. That was an increase of 40 per cent on the previous six months when 290 households had their mail redirected.
The number of Aucklanders moving to the Bay of Plenty had been steadily increasing, with 270 mail redirections between October 2015 to March 2015 and 265 between October 2013 to March 2014.
Last December proved to be the most popular month by far for mail redistribution between Auckland and Tauranga/Western Bay of Plenty, with a total of 97 households, with the next highest being 68 in February.
However, a spokesperson from New Zealand Post said the mail redirection requests might understate the number of people relocating to the Bay.