• Majorllama@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      Oh absolutely not. It’s a much smaller population and being an island it’s got a figurative and literal buffer to the rest of the world.

      I have always loved New Zealand. It’s like the cooler uncle of Australia minus all the spiders the size of my head.

      And it’s just a beautiful place. Makes me wanna go frolicking in the mountains with an elf, dwarf and old white guy lol

      • in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        14 hours ago

        Just because an island has a smaller population doesn’t make it any more or less predisposed to egalitarianism, nor do large populations have to be predisposed to authoritarianism.

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            2 hours ago

            “It’s a much smaller population” literally your second sentence, or do you not comprehend your own writing? Why is their smaller population relevant?

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        19 hours ago

        Please stop assuming that a) politics are the same as your country, and b) you haven’t been fed a load of “see, everywhere is right wing now?” propaganda

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          19 hours ago

          I never said the politics were the same as my country.

          And many countries are currently in the middle of or already have elected right wing leaders. Not really propaganda when it’s verifiably a fact.

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      16 hours ago

      The world’s billionaires are heading back to NZ

      BusinessDesk talked to real-estate agent Caleb Paterson, who works with a number of offshore agents and high net-worth individuals mainly out of the US and UK markets. He said interest had “definitely perked up” since National said it would repeal its ban on foreign buyers.

      Foreign buyers, with the exception of Singaporean and Australian citizens, have been barred from owning NZ properties since 2018.

      Assuming it makes up the next government, National’s plan would open the door to all foreign buyers to purchase NZ homes valued at more than $2 million, with a 15 per cent foreign buyer stamp surcharge clipped on, from the 2025 fiscal year.

      Enjoy paradise while it lasts.