Something is wrong alright westerly, not enough people to boost our economy. BTW, National & you are brothers in arms on that one and I'm the one going against the grain here. This will get you up to speed.http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/busine...-more-migrants
As I said, if you rely on immigration to boost an economy something is wrong It can only be a short term boost. Allowing people to buy their way into the country seems inherently wrong to me. Families with children yes, thier aging parents no. NZ is a soft touch.
As for oil , your enthusiasim runs away,most wells drilled are unproductive. If there is oil there it might be more beneficial in the long term to NZ to leave it in the ground and get the benefit of far higher oil prices as the easy oil runs out.
Nationals borrowed too much money to have any real confidence in their policies. The so called boom is driven by the ChCh rebuild and dairy, neither
likely to be long term.
westerly