[QUOTEI'm sure the Government will say young New Zealanders need to stop asking for handouts.. but in reality I don't want a handout I just want it to be a fair chance to own a home.. I have 40 K ready to go but good luck finding a place in that range.. ][/QUOTE]

Surely it's not beyond the wit of a team of bright, young civil servants - all double-degrees these days - to devise a scheme to utilise some of this surplus state land to build modest, 3 bedroom homes, one livingroom, one bathroom, no en-suite or home theatre; cluster/cross-lease/ duplex or whatever utilises the land most efficiently. Sale restricted to first home occupants, sales embargoed for say 3 years, unless back to the state at original purchase price. Ask Rymans how it's done, if necessary!