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Old 20-05-2008, 11:36 AM
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These are probably the ones that got in with the "20 Mio scheme - bring money, get PR" and don't need to work. They buy one/two/three hills in Nelson, build a biiiiiig house and live happily ever after.

I was one of the lucky people who had the privilege to participate in this study (here in NZ you are not asked if you like to, no, you have to), which was an absolute nonsense. Over 4 years I was visited regularly and asked always the same multiple choice questions. Most of the times the nice man visiting me, could not really speak English and I ended up sitting in front of his computer and completing the questionnaire by myself, whilst he was looking out of our windows, admiring the view and sipping tea. One of the questions was, why we like living here in NZ. Climate and green/clean environment were in the same answer. I mean, the climate is certainly nicer than it is in Switzerland, but green and clean is this country not really - quite the contrary! NZ is just lucky that they only have 4 Mio people, otherwise everything would collapse - electricity, waste management, transportation .....
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