From what I understand, New Zealand is basically the most car-dependent country in the world.
They are spending billions on cars, roads, highways, car insurance, tunnels, giant parking lots.
But they are spending no money on housing. There is basically no apartments.
What? No chance we beat the Americans, or the Australians for that matter. The current government are car brained morons, and I can’t really speak for the other major cities but I lived in Wellington for over 10 years without a car and it was fine. I know more people without cars than with them
The article is saying that NZ politicians are complaining that the country is simply a stepping-stone for outsiders/outlanders to gain Australian citizenship. What is this Morrowind xenophobic shit?
Which is a rather bizarre claim to make. I travelled to NZ and Australia about 20 years ago. When I went through NZ customs they wanted to see proof of where I was staying and more importantly that I had airline reservations to leave NZ. So they wanted proof I was just visiting and planned to leave in a timely manner.
When I went to Australia the customs officer just stamped my passport and let me through, no questions asked.
Why deal with the hassle of NZ as a stepping stone if I could just go straight to Australia and avoid that hassle?
Things might have changed in the intervening 20 years.
