In Reply to: We are a world laughing stock posted by russsmith on January 06, 2025 at 14:53:09
We’ve been a laughing stock in Aus and NZ for a long time. I’ve been listening to their radio stations for about 10 years. Sadly, we now deserve it.
NZ has a ton of problems from what I can tell. Rampant inflation. The Māoris are financially oppressed. Low wages - they are hemorrhaging skilled labor to Australia. Nurses especially. And you gotta have $2 million or something like that to put into a bank before they’ll let you immigrate. And then, I don’t know if you get access to their health care system. And then you’ve got apparently horrific traffic in the big cities.
Interested to hear your responses if you care to. Being there is a lot more informative than listening to the radio.
Oh, it may not have come up, but my impression is that Jacinda was wayyyyyyyy more popular outside of NZ than there.
If you’re looking to explain, I’d say that a big part of it is that Biden bungled immigration. Canada is going through the same thing, wait till they see Canada’s next PM (if they pay any attention to Canada).
Short answer: yes trying to immigratie to NZ is very tempting from where I sit.