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Summary: Still a great book and a great idea in 2001
Review: Exports are booming. With a cheaper currency, exports have grown at a 30% annual rate! However, that's not the whole story! Stronger commodity prices have helped. Remember New Zealand exports commodities like lumber, meat, dairy, wool, etc.Business and consumer confidence is on the mend! Last year, consumer sentiment was at an all time low, which had more to do with the dissatisfaction the general population had with the newly elected Labor Government's policies than any dissatisfaction with the economic environment, but things are looking brighter on the political front these days. Employment also chimes in as a contributing factor. The current unemployment rate stands at a 12-year low of 5.6% and the good news is that the trend upward in job postings is being driven by sectors outside agriculture and manufacturing. So now may be the best time to read Adam Starchild's book and follow his advice, rather than waiting around to watch the economic meltdown in North America. NZ is a great place to set up your own Internet business!
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Summary: ADEL
Review: IMMIGRATION TO NEW ZELAN
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Summary: A Free Market Success Story
Review: New Zealand has always been a natural wonder. Sired by volcanoes in the middle of an emerald sea, the land is a mixture of pastures, jagged mountains, white beaches, and tropical forests. Economically, the country is no less a marvel. It's an excellent example of how free markets create prosperity. In 1984, New Zealand voters booted a left-leaning government and brought in a free-market-oriented government. Immediately, finance minister Sir Roger Douglas began to implement some of the most important reforms in any country of the 20th century. Sir Douglas floated the currency, revoked all farm subsidies, abolished all import tariffs, privatized 60% of state-owned companies, fired 55% of the government workforce, placed the central bank chairman on a performance contract, revoked capital gains and inheritance taxes, and refused to print money to save reckless banks and inefficient companies from bankruptcy. The results have been astounding. New Zealand now has one of the lowest inflation rates in the world (1.3%), seven consecutive years of budget surpluses, 6.4% unemployment (down from 12%), and a resilient, entrepreneurial economy that soared 5.8% last year. It's the kind of country, in other words, where you can build a second home to enjoy the good life -- and end up making a fortune almost by accident as the value of the property you buy rises amidst a booming economy.
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Summary: It isn't utopia, but it is worth considering
Review: NZ is relatively decent. Before anyone posts any "oh, isn't NZ awful" stories I would ask them to tell me what country doesn't have similar, if not worse, stories. If you want to compare NZ to your imaginary ideal that is fine but please stop confusing your fantasy with reality. Good lord whatever problems NZ has, and it has its share, it doesn't have armed federal agents attacking church groups and burning them to death, it doesn't have Janet Reno, it doesn't have all the problems we have in South Africa.
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Summary: Presents a good overview of the NZ immigration process.
Review: Starchild's book covers NZ geography, topography, history, culture, people, finances, wildlife and natural resources, in addition to the immigration process, within 167 pages. The writing is sunny and optimistic and New Zealand is presented in an overall good light. Although, anyone seriously contemplating to immigrate would need to do further research, this book does give a very good introduction to NZ and provides lists of useful resources.
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Summary: New Zealand's Profit Potential Is Getting Bigger
Review: The world is getting smaller -- and New Zealand's profit potential is getting bigger. The prospects for steady appreciation of land and investment values in New Zealand are excellent. However, it's very possible prices could rise much more sharply in a very short period of time. Here's a major reason why... Aerospace technology is making the trip to New Zealand quicker and cheaper. Boeing 767s cost 50% less to operate than 727s. The new 777s are more efficient still. By the end of this decade, jet technology could cut travel time from California to New Zealand by as much as half -- from 11 hours to 5-1/2 hours! Should that happen, property prices could double virtually overnight... and, over the longer run, multiply perhaps 10, 20 times or more, just as in Hawaii and California. In the meantime, you can enjoy a bit of heaven on Earth with peaceful surroundings, friendly people, and great business and investment opportunities.
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Summary: Useless propaganda
Review: This book contains no useful immigration information at all. It gives a long description of what New Zealand is like, that you should have known before if planning to immigrate. All information glorifies the country in a totally unbalanced way, not with a single word mentioning the economic recession, unemployment, falling standards of living, political chaos etc. What is claimed in the description, that the book would help you to get through all the obstacles of immigration, is nothing but a lie. One chapter in the end childishly describes that you should sell your house well in advance etc. but that's all! DON'T BUY THIS BOOK - IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT N.Z. BEFORE AND HAVE ANY COMMON SENSE IT WILL ONLY MAKE YOU DISAPPOINTED! Once we have immigrated I will write a better one!
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Summary: A Pacific-island paradise
Review: Wake up where the sun first greets the world each day... Where there's room to roam... Clean air to breathe... Where there are no capital gains taxes... a booming economy... and some of the best real estate and investment opportunities you'll find anywhere.
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