Silicon Valley super-rich head south to escape from a global apocalypse

Anxious Americans are buying into New Zealand as the perfect bolt-holeAt the Republican party convention in Cleveland last July, Trump donor Peter Thiel declared himself ‘“most of all, proud to be an American”. So it came as something of a surprise for New Zealanders to discover that the PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member had become an honorary Kiwi – joining a growing band of wealthy Americans seeking a haven from a possible global apocalypse.Thiel was recently