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Although I'm an Australian, I was born in South Africa, and so was rather surprised to find that there is a standing joke in Oz: How does a Kiwi get a small b
by tezza 12y ago
Although I'm an Australian, I was born in South Africa, and so was rather surprised to find that there is a standing joke in Oz:
How does a Kiwi get a small business?, you give them a large business.
That's just a cruel joke and yet another data point in why Kiwis (rightly) think Aussies are pricks to them.
From my personal anecdotal experience of NZ:
* they have a much more laid back attitude
* many of the hard workers f-off to Australia to do it
* the government takes big stands on things, which is admirable but not indicative of a focus on business.
- i.e. No American nuclear ships allowed to dock there.
It's not just the local prostitute trade that benefits by having a US naval base in town.
None of this is NZ hate, far from it... they do their own thing and they are fine with it.
- vacri 12y agoThat's just a cruel joke and yet another data point in why Kiwis (rightly) think Aussies are pricks to them. You may have missed that it's actually friendly sibling rivalry between the two. Most of the kiwis I've known make their own comedic jabs at Australia. It's all in good fun. the government takes big stands on things ... No American nuclear ships allowed to dock there This really isn't that big a stand. If NZ was where Borneo is, I doubt they'd have made that stand. NZ has effectively zero military needs due to its isolation. The closest potential threat to NZ is Indonesia, which is a quarter of the planet away. Not that Indonesia has any such desire, but Australia and PNG don't have the amount of armed forces required for an occupation, and the small islander nations just don't have enough people (with a few living off NZ aid in the first place).