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New Zealand a Failed State and a Rogue State to the rest of the World

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qldfrog said:
So my conclusion is that NZ is even worse than here with red and green tape to even buy a 20l drum of Roundup
I kind of idealized NZ but the lady did not, south island people we met in a trip there were to be honest quite unfriendly, and now that they elected a politician 2.0 caricature, it is a no go as final destination for my retirement years.i still wish them good.
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Might be a Rainbow Warrior thing
 
NZ is beautiful and boring.

We have a cap on how many opinionated wankers are allowed, so regularly draw straws to see who has to move over the ditch.

Luckily for Australia I drew one of the shorts.
I noticed there's no cap here, fit right in.
 
bux2000 said:
In reality because of our crazy political system you can't blame the average Kiwi.

https://interactives.stuff.co.nz/NZ-election-home/



I have met some very unpleasant Aussies over the years .......particularly overseas:)

All the best

bux
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Do not deny but overall when travelling country Australia, people were amazingly friendly even with my foreign accent, nz south island much much more reserved not to say unpleasant even before i even start talking..and i am white looking no fancy clothes/rubbish clothes so basically got the usual welcome for strangers
As for Australia, i saw a real downtrend in the last 20/30 years, even when outside big cities gold coast which are definitely not friendly places
 
But as in every country, I'm sure there are amazing places in NZ.
Let's wait for travel to restart and i will pursue my quest for paradise.:)
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
It will be interesting to see if the NZ unemployment rate is as low as that of Australia and whether they raise interest rates as we are likely to do.
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I am interested to understand why interest rates may rise ?

bux
 
bux2000 said:
I am interested to understand why interest rates may rise ?

bux
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We need more foreign investment as the treasury is empty.

In addition people have been living beyond their means in overpriced houses and units for far too long.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
We need more foreign investment as the treasury is empty.

In addition people have been living beyond their means in overpriced houses and units for far too long.

gg
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Just last week I saw an Australian television series (another one) on buying houses in Australia. One segment was a couple looking at house's on Sydney's North Shore in particular, it was a do up.... a bargain......at $8,000,000 other houses in the street were selling up to $11,000,000 so the inference was a $1,000,000 spruce up and it would be worth $3,000,000 more... ..it seems a very short time ago $1,000,000 was a lot of money.
When I first started out in business we had a bank overdraft at 23 percent at this point money in the bank is worth ????.
I am probably old but our young folk in NZ anyway seem to expect a lot and social media feeds the frenzy.

It seems we are seeing today a sharp rise in the US market I fear this will be followed by another drop do you have any thoughts on this?

Thanks

bux
 
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http://www.smh.com.au/world/pandemi...-up-to-five-million-20200518-p54tyj.html?btis

On Monday, Stats NZ released its quarterly estimate resident population figures which showed New Zealand notching the major milestone.

As of March 31, the South Pacific nation has 5,002,100 residents.
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"COVID-19 has caused some unusual and unprecedented travel patterns," Stats NZ senior demographer Kim Dunstan told AAP. "We've had people that have been in New Zealand prolong their stay which has given some boost to migration."We've also had more New Zealand citizens returning from living overseas in recent months."And we've also had fewer citizens departing New Zealand to live overseas. "The combined impact has seen an upswing in migration which has helped New Zealand reach that five million milestone."
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New Zealand grew from four to five million in 17 years, the quickest rate of growth in the country's modern history.

That's despite a major brain drain following the global financial crisis in 2008, when New Zealand's net migration levels dipped into negative territory for the only time this century.
 
qldfrog said:
Do not deny but overall when travelling country Australia, people were amazingly friendly
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I could not agree more. It seems to be the same where ever you go if you stay away from cities.

I have driven many times from Brisbane North toward the Capricorn Coast and love the old buildings wide streets of all towns in close proximity to the Bruce Highway.....never had a bad experience.

It is getting colder at night here so would love to be able to warm the bones under the Queensland Sun. Perhaps Carpal could talk to his Butler at the Park Hyatt....... I am sure He would be the bloke who know's the right people to get the job done.

bux
 

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