In article , Avon Kerr   
    wrote:   
   > On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 10:04:14 +1200, Your Name wrote:   
   > >> >   
   > >> > The hangover will only get worse when you get off the plane and   
   > >> > realise you're now in a fourth-world country ...   
   > >>   
   > >> That's simply a ridiculous comment.   
   > >   
   > > Not when you live there and see it on a daily basis it isn't - it's a   
   > > factual comment.  :-(   
   >   
   > I'm with the first caller, New Zealand is a great country to live in.   
      
   Yep, "great".   
      
   There's an idiot Prime Minister who wastes piles of money pointlessly   
   trying to change the flag, while hospitals, schools, police, fire   
   service, etc. are all under-funded and the public has to pay their own   
   ambulance bills.   
      
   Auckland's public transport system is hopeless and yet they're wasting   
   even more money adding the idiot mayor's pet project of an short, but   
   hideously expensive, underground section to the toy train set that they   
   can't even properly run now. (Not to mention the fact that with sea   
   levels rising, this underground tunnel and train station will be   
   swamped with water anyway.)   
      
   Prices for most things are ridiculously expensive for no reason other   
   than retailer and big business greed - it's often much cheaper to   
   import your purchases yourself from Australia, Europe, or America than   
   to buy them in the local shops (and that includes shipping and   
   potential customs bills).   
      
   And there are MANY MANY MANY more examples.  :-\   
      
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