Kiwi Boltholes

Hunting the One Percent’s Doomsday Bunkers in New Zealand (4 May 2019). Video Source: Youtube.

VICE has just published a report in which journalist Baz MacDonald tried to locate billionaires' boltholes in Queenstown, New Zealand. As part of his research, MacDonald interviewed Gary Lynch, General Manager of the Rising S Company, a Texas-based bunker manufacturer. A rival business's gossip about Rising S (here) suggests that the Rising S CEO has a criminal past and FBI connections. Rising S underground bunker layouts and prices are here.

The VICE story focuses on the One Per Cent's interest in Kiwi boltholes and emphasizes growing economic inequality. However, there is a political nuance here.  In 2012, preppers were mainly Tea Party grassroots libertarians and conservatives. Now, with Donald Trump in office, bunker buyers are billionaire liberals. See my related posts, WTSHTF, Sit Out the Apocalypse in Style, and  Kim Dotcom's Scary Tweets.

Xtreme Series Bunker Complex 'The General' Cost: USD $1,590,000. Image Source: Rising S Bunkers.

Caption for the above image: "The General fallout shelter is a massive bunker complex built to shelter large families, small business’, or small communities such as church congregations or other colonies of people. This underground bunker complex comes with all of the amenities of our typical upgrade units but offers much much more in the way of space and community functionality. It’s full of luxury upgrades such as a gym/fitness unit, and educational center, massive laundry room equipped with washers and dryers, security unit, decontamination unit, group dining hall, lounge area as well as extended kitchens and food storage. The General is the perfect.

This massive fallout shelter includes all of the standard 'UPGRADE' amenities: Bullet Resistant Door, NBC Air Filtration With Blast Valves and Over Pressure Valves, Double Counter With Sink, Composting Toilet, Shelving For Food Storage, Water Pressure Pump, Shower, Hot Water Heater, Grey-Water Evacuation Tank, Grey-Water Evacuation Pump, 12 Volt LED Lighting, Solar Generation Charging System With Battery Supply, 12 Volt TV/DVD Combo, Infrared Security System, Fresh Water Inlet, 120/240 Volt Inlet, Staircase w/ Handrail, Painted Interior and Exterior Coating/Corrosion protection."