Why New Zealand should be invaded.

GeraldTheGnome: YouTube None of it is to be taken seriously and yes New Zealand does have a defence force, I talked to a guy from the New Zealand Army in Auckland last year, he's the only member of the army there. PMSL

R E B E C C A: hahahahaahhahaha omg thats so funny i thought about emigrating there until i got chatting to a guy on here n my good golly he was THE MOST boring person i ever came accross ....he single handed managed to put me off....i bet its him

GeraldTheGnome: LOL

OCD_OCD: New Zealand is kind of (for lack of a better word) primitive, isn't it?

GeraldTheGnome: As you Yanks would state, "I declare the 5th."

MONEEK: too many sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

GeraldTheGnome: Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad news ?

needpeace6: I love NZ lamb chops ... the video so funny no worries for" Defense" if they get invaded the "west" will be there Helloooooo NZ we you

GeraldTheGnome: They invaded us (in Australia) first ? I wonder if the Kiwis have because unofficially Bondi Beach is a 'western suburb' of Auckland.

GeraldTheGnome: Oops ! It's, "I plead the 5th." Is that right ?

Sarcastic Dots: But who has the better Rugby team?

GeraldTheGnome: Rugby ? Who cares about the All Blacks ! Australia doesn't have a unified national football competition in any code. AFL Football competition is the major code in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia and Rugby League (the NRL) is the major code in Queensland (where I am) and New South Wales (yet ironically it also includes a team from New Zealand though the competition is named National Rugby League. As for the next code down from them, it is Rugby Union/Rugby/Union. I have a derogatory name for that game, one you wouldn't like, but most of the time, but not always, the All Blacks are better. In the Rugby League, my kind of game, there is a international competition where the Australian side usually thrashes the Kiwis.

xox G xox: Vids where very funny Beautiful country NZ and as for being primitive ummmm NO!

hanna4smith: Gheez you would think you all had a first had experience with New Zealand...

xox G xox: <------ born in breed Kiwi, so yer i do at least

GeraldTheGnome: I've been the twice, not sex or sivin times, just twice. I've gotten with a Kiwi so I've had experience with at least one of them. Does that count ?

billy_piper: until youve been to a tinny house, no.

OCD_OCD: I guess everything I have seen in documentaries, plus what I've read, leads me to believe that life in New Zealand can be harsh. I was forwarded to this article by a person who had emigrated to NZ and said that you should have your eyes open before you even consider it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_New_Zealand#Anti-intellectualism

R E B E C C A: Great....makes it even easier to invade!!

OCD_OCD: http://www.justlanded.com/english/New-Zealand/Forums/Culture/live-in-New-Zealand-Not-worth-it

Some of these comments are hysterically funny, though.

OCD_OCD: "Can't Eat the Scenery

Let's face it - the only thing NZ has going for it is the scenery so it's used as a draw to get over-skilled migrants to put up with excessive taxation on crap salaries, arcane working practices, expensive goods, poor environmental standards and god-awful houses whilst any Kiwi worth his salt is earning masses of cash and living it up in Oz/Middle East/Europe. Kiwis aren't daft y'know,
Scenery? best kept for holidays.
25 May 2009, 10:24 - Report Bubba "

R E B E C C A: god awful houses?? They got nothing on England when it comes to god awful houses n i like the idea of being away from everyone else .. i've thought of moving to ireland for that reason n ireland is worse than NZ ?

OCD_OCD: Skilled nurses in the US get paid well. We have tons of immigrant nurses here.

OCD_OCD: http://www1.salary.com/Healthcare-Nursing-Salaries.html The various types of nursing disciplines and salaries are shown there.

Sorry for getting off topic, Ger.

Back to the Kiwis!

R E B E C C A: we have lots of immigrant nurses....all from poor countries... ive never worked with an american nurse or an Australian nurse... yet i know a few english nurses who moved to australia ...idk but just going off talking to different people on here n friends i think the standard of living in oz is better?

xox G xox: The Wiki link information is rather miss informing OCD and that other link n c/p statement ...yer well really its from 2009

NZ has a lot to offer and yes has its issues but what country doesnt.

Terrible house ....what a crock of shit, public housing maybe but ive never lived in public housing to judge. My Aunts, Uncles and Cousins all own their own homes plus have investment properties and all are just as fine as what i have here in Oz.

Wages arent as high as here in Oz (this does also depend on what industry you're comparing it to) but shit we get taxed through the nose here. EG: hubby paid over $70k in tax last financial year, yes he earns big but the government takes a nice big slice.

Cost of living is every bit as high and NZ.

Considering the GFC shattered many European countries I wouldn't be so quick to say they are far better in standards and conditions. Even the US has their financial and social issues and I for one wouldn't be rushing to live their. I find the US very unappealing due to their 'right to bear arms'

Youll always have people who think the grass is greener in another country but its not until you actually spend time there to get a first hand informed view can you really form an honest opinion.

We took the family back in Feb 2009 for a holiday, we found it perfect for what we wanted to experience.