Applicants are required to invest at least NZ$10m ($7m, £5m) in New Zealand over three years.


Mr Page entered New Zealand in January, when its borders were still closed because of Covid-19.


But the government said he was allowed in because of a medical emergency application involving his son.


Mr Page, 48, had applied for residence in November. However, his application could not be processed because he was offshore at the time.


Mr Page is listed as one of the richest people in the world with a reported wealth of more than $116 bn. He stepped down as chief executive of Google's parent company Alphabet in 2019, but remains a board member and controlling shareholder.


He is not the first Silicon Valley tech billionaire to have taken a particular interest in New Zealand.



Peter Thiel, a co-founder of Paypal and early investor in Facebook, once described the South Pacific island nation as "the future" and became a citizen back in 2011. He has since invested heavily there.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58128475

The hyper-wealthy have much better info about the imminent storm than the non-wealthy

Larry Ellison bought an Hawaiian island

Zuckerberg bought most of one island