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I've spent time in New Zealand and quite like the country. Just looked at the immigration policies again and they seem pretty reasonable. How have the politic
by lzw 16y ago
I've spent time in New Zealand and quite like the country. Just looked at the immigration policies again and they seem pretty reasonable.
How have the politics of New Zealand at the national level changed over the last decade? More or less business friendly?
At the time of my visit it seemed taxes were high but government was less corrupt than in most countries.
- chrismsnz 16y agoWe have a "conservative" government since 2008. Before that we were lead by a left-wing, worker friendly (with a little neoliberalisim thrown in) Labour government for 9 years. Despite that, we fairly consistently came out tops as a great place for small businesses (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/06/01/100049637/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/06/01/10...). And also, our tax rates may seem high but overall taxation is quite low, especially compared to other countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Income_Taxes_By_Country.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Income_Taxes_By_Country.sv...). Note that our corperate tax rate has dropped quite a bit since 2005.