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Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw by EdwardDiego on Friday April 14, 2017 @05:21PM (#14117516)
Looks like our tourism marketing campaigns are paying off, although emus are Australian, we had moa, but they're extinct now.

Not pictured in the tourism campaigns - our vast reliance on agriculture.

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Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw by int_19h on Friday April 14, 2017 @05:51PM (#14117738)
Is it really a bad thing? When I see "vast reliance on agriculture", or, say, "net exporter of agricultural products", I read it as "self-sufficient country that can feed itself even in troubled times". If anything, this sort of thing might command a premium in the current environment.
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Re:As New Zealand Courts Tech Talent, Isolation Becomes a Draw by EdwardDiego on Friday April 14, 2017 @06:00PM (#14117781)
No, but it's not as pretty as the stuff in LOTR. And the pollution problems caused by the massive conversion to dairy over the last 20 years is becoming a big issue - turns out New Zealanders like being able to swim in their rivers and lakes.
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