"New Zealand has more coastline than the United States"

The above statement is often thrown around but is it true? According to the CIA World Fact Book New Zealand has 15,134 km of coastline, a lot less than the United States’ 19,924 km. Australia, New Zealand’s closest neighbour, has 25,760 km. Japan chalks up a pretty respectable 29,751 km but they’re all left for…

Economic Suicide

A selection of posting from threads on various expat forums in which people talk about how moving to New Zealand has been like economic suicide for them:This wasn’t supposed to happen“NZ is NOT a bed of roses and nice scenery doesnt pay the bills. There are lots of lovely places in NZ but at the…