[AMNZ]

Thought you would find this interesting. He sounds very positive about the direction of New Zealand, I think primarily pre Ms. Klark. The Kiwi's do know how to do a lot of things right, we could learn a lot.

[shaggy eel]

,,, thanx for the ping! Klark and her marxists inherited a healthy economy from the previous National government and apart from creating new taxes and raising existing ones, have done nothing clever to attain the present fiscal surplus of $NZ6b. The reforms of the mid 1980s thru early 1990s were possible in New Zealand because the economy can turn on a dime. We're now supposedly the third most competitive country in the world in terms of deregulation. We'll never be able to compete in terms of volume, but quality and price for a number of products have assured repeat orders over the years. We'll remain a price taker rather than a price maker in world context for almost all commodities.