In article <57c61e2d$0$1591$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>, Clocky   
    wrote:   
   > On 31/08/2016 5:15 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > 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.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Hey, first world problems similar to ours in Australia! You won't like   
   > Australia if you think all these things should be well funded.   
   >   
   > > 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.)   
   > >   
   >   
   > Hey, similar to the issues we have with our incompetent governance!   
   >   
   > > 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 again!   
   >   
   > > And there are MANY MANY MANY more examples.  :-\   
   > >   
   >   
   > Ditto. But the glass is half full and this is still a wonderful country   
   > to visit and live in as I'm sure NZ is if you look around the world and   
   > see how other people have to live.   
      
   About the only bonus is that it's such a small and pathetic country on   
   the backside of the planet, miles from anywhere,  that nobody can even   
   be bothered bombing it (well, except the French years ago).   
      
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