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Forgot Password? Mark Forums Read. Where to live around Christchurch? Thread Tools. Feb 2nd , pm. Originally posted by Jaffa30 several other posters have told you if you don't like NZ, why don't you go back to the UK.
View Public Profile. Find More Posts by muppetking. There's nothing insecure about NZ - we are very proud of our country and rightly so. Find More Posts by Jaffa Originally posted by muppetking 'The Government admits the ministry had failed to perform even the most basic credit checks on the trust before handing over the money'.
Statistics don't really mean a lot in that case do they? It's all a question of perception isn't it? If you feel it it must be true! Specifically, the study I quoted suggests that, overall, NZ either has fewer bad apples than anywhere else except Finland , or lets fewer of its bad apples slip through the net. The case you mention is clearly one instance in which one or two bad apples were allowed to slip through the net.
But that doesn't change the wider picture of a relatively corruption-free country. Perhaps one reason for NZ's good record overall is revealed by the fact that the government is prepared to admit its mistakes in such cases rather than hiding behind excuses and coverups. Find More Posts by jseni01d. Find More Posts by jajpe. Feb 3rd , am. Originally posted by jajpe hi JWW, great to have you join in too! For example, "I read about a burgulary the other day, so NZ is not safe" etc etc 3 I am not hiding behind anyone when suggesting you should return to the UK.
