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| Thread ID: 109378 | 2010-05-05 23:49:00 | What is made in NZ? | bk T (215) | PC World Chat |
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| 882552 | 2010-05-05 23:49:00 | I ordered a roller blind curtain from Kresta 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for it to be delivered and installed. Was told that it will be ready in about a week, but (of course) nothing happens after 1 week; rang them, was told that it will be ready next week, that's OK. 2 weeks passed, rang them, this time the guy told me that it's already done but has to be shipped from Australia! Oh, dear! We can't even make a simple custain in NZ! What can we (NZ) make or do - other than drinking BEER? LOL Probably it's time to consider to move over to OZ????? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 882553 | 2010-05-06 02:07:00 | We make milk. Or rather harvest it. We make tree logs. We make meat. That's it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 882554 | 2010-05-06 02:18:00 | Babies? | Cato (6936) | ||
| 882555 | 2010-05-06 02:18:00 | Poor government policies have killed manufacturering in NZ. N is now largely just a property economy with a small exporting economy focused on milk, tacked on. | robbyp (2751) | ||
| 882556 | 2010-05-06 02:27:00 | And fish | prefect (6291) | ||
| 882557 | 2010-05-06 02:47:00 | beneficiaries, lots of them Exporting them to Aus is getting harder & harder. |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 882558 | 2010-05-06 02:47:00 | "Poor government policies have killed manufacturering in NZ" - repeated for truth. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 882559 | 2010-05-06 02:57:00 | Poor government policies have killed manufacturering in NZ. .... We could have had a closed economy , that would have kept all manufacturing in NZ. NO IMPORTS ALLOWED. Just like Russia tried. no, wait, vauge memories of the 1970's coming back, I want my poorly manufactured, allready obselete goods. Lets not allow FM Radio Stations as no local manufacterer was making FM radio's. Waiting list for imported cars. Heck No cellphones. NO LCD TV's. No modern medical equipment. Cars that cost 2x the price. No cheap car imports so most of the population drive old dunga's. A good pair of Jeans costing $100 (compared to $25 now) -lets blame the government for the fact that most consumer goods worldwide an Asian made at a fraction of the price, with quality steadily getting better |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 882560 | 2010-05-06 03:48:00 | Why would NZ want to manufacture something? Sure, good luck when you are compensating with low cost labour. Anyone wanna work for $5/hr? When China becomes too $$$ they would ship elsewhere ... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 882561 | 2010-05-06 03:50:00 | It doesn't have to be a on/off switch sroby, NZ should have left some tariffs protecting specific manufacturing industries . NZ is VERY similar to most OECD countries and manufactures very little as its so much cheaper to do it in China . QUOTE=sroby;905515]beneficiaries, lots of them Exporting them to Aus is getting harder & harder . [/QUOTE] beneficiaries, lots of them Exporting them to Aus is getting harder & harder . Thats largely a Aussie myth I don't buy into, kiwis contribute a huge amount to the Aussie economy and culturally we are nearly identical . |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
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