![]() ![]() “Inquiries from New Zealand are up significantly as they are from the rest of the world,” Vicino said. But when asked by CNN Business about his company’s dealings in June, founder Robert Vicino was reluctant to elaborate. Bloomberg reported earlier this year that California-based Vivos claimed it had installed a 300-person bunker in New Zealand. Lynch isn’t the only bunker maker who is cryptic about the business. The design incorporates a game room, bowling alley, gun range, garage, and pool. Rising S Company offers several high-end models, including the Aristocrat, which is priced at $8.35 million. But he also says he’s had some difficulty getting bunkers into the country - though he was secretive about why that is and where exactly he regularly ships them to, joking that he almost needs to enlist American magician David Copperfield to help him. When asked where the bunkers are in New Zealand, he claims they are “all over” the place. He doesn’t want to go into specifics because it brings “scam artists” into the industry, who he says think they can build bunkers for cheaper. Lynch says he won’t show CNN Business a bunker because his clients’ privacy is paramount. “There were a lot of people that were buying land and putting bunkers” below ground, he said. Traditionally, the New Zealand market makes up a tiny fraction of his clients, but there was an uptick in interest in 20, he said. This year alone, Lynch expects to sell around a dozen bunkers to New Zealand – which would double the firm’s total sales ever in the country, which have mainly been to American buyers. “They’re looking for something to protect their families, something that’s self sufficient, something that they can live in for a prolonged period of time.” ![]() “Everybody wants their own personal touch to it, just like building a house,” said general manager Gary Lynch, adding that the company has sold approximately 1,400 bunkers in its 18-year history. Billionaire bunkers: How the 1% are preparing for the apocalypse ![]()
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