Aussies show us up in the Pacific
OPINION: We need to do our bit and use our position as closest Western nation to the Pacific, lest our complacency costs us.
NBR columnist Simon Bridges speaks with Dita De Boni.
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Economic comparisons with Australia can tend to be pretty depressing; higher wages, cheaper houses, etcetera. We do better on wildlife: kiwis and kererū are better than poisonous snakes, deadly spiders, and crocodiles.
I’d also argue, as a close watcher of such matters, that when it comes to our
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