BD - wow that many??? I thought there was an Aus/NZ rivalry? Is it is depressed area of NZ where you are? There was an NZ girl over here - she said how someimes when she wanted a break from working she could jus go on the dole and hang out at the beach. Maybe it was an exageration a bit... Though for someone from the US - the very idea you could live ok and no work was unimaginable. From pictures NZ looks amazingly beautiful
Oh and you guys came up with flat white coffees - yummm
Though we can thank the Aussies for the piccolos as well
Another fave
I have a bit of an err love affair with coffee
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Ok
maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but its incredible the amount of my high school year are over there. Yes we do have a rivalry, they are like a sibling who we strive to be better than
but still secretly love.
Im in a rural area of the Manawatu, I have 2 rural small towns both about 5-10 mins away, 1 is on the main highway, there isnt a lot there but has a LOT of travellers stopping through, the other is a pretty rough town, there are a lot of gang members & is pretty dodgy - I avoid going there, luckily I work in a nice little town about 20mins away so go there to do shopping.
I cant say much about going on the dole, my opinions seem somewhat racist (I do NOT believe Im racist), but in NZ it seems you often are entitled to more (or able to get things easier) if you are.... of certain ethnicities(sp?).
A lot of Kiwis go to oz because they pay much better than NZ.