I've just arrived here in New Zealand from England half a year ago, and I was surprised to find the people here far more reserved and unsmiling than I would have expected from my European point of view - strangely, I have Australian colleagues who tell me they've moved to New Zealand because they found the Kiwis much nicer than the Australians, and preferred living among them; now, what does that say about Australia (I've never been there, and I'm beginning to be afraid now; in fact, Kiwi colleagues of mine have come back here from Australia because they thought the Aussies were unfriendly). The whole thing is a mystery to me. In Europe, we think of the South Pacific as the place were both the people and the climate are sunny. Do we have it all wrong up there? Would love to hear some personal observations, and I would so like to be told it isn't true, and the place is really quite friendly...
2006-08-26
15:47:34
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