A real estate agent, who posted on Facebook about selling an Auckland property to overseas buyers who had just flown in here, says she is "shocked" and "saddened" by the backlash to it.
Fiona Li, 30, of Harcourts said she received over 100 comments and responses on the social media platform, and also texts via her cellphone, which were mainly negative.
People were responding to a photo of the buyers with a caption saying: "SOLD! "Very happy overseas buyers from China, just off plane arrived today. They are looking for more houses to buy".
Li said she had a duty, as a professional real estate agent, to find buyers that were prepared to pay top dollars for all her listings.
"I owe it to my vendors to get the best prices for their property, and it just so happens that these overseas buyers are the ones who are prepared to pay," she said.