Balclutha

It's said you can buy a 3 bedroom house in Balclutha for $350000.

"Housing is fundamental to everything we have for the district cause we have a huge amount of jobs on offer, but we cant attract the people cause we don't have the housing" says Cadogan. "I love the job but I love the people I work with and it's the customers as well," she says. It's the gateway to the Catlins, and home to the attitude there's no work without play.