>All is proceeding relatively splendidly - growth looks like averaging
>about 3% pa, unemployment is at 5.6% (lowest in 12 years), rural NZ is
>booming (nz $ is at about 43cents US) and while the Labour/Alliance
>government isnt going to establish a socialist utopia real soon they
>aren't doing to bad. We also have probably the funniest finance minister
>in the OECD - Cullen is a hoot
>I can dig out facts and figures should anyone care
Well I care, since I've long had a soft spot for NZ, and because it's a major laboratory of neoliberalism.
So what did the L/A government do to turn things around?
Doug