Re: New Zealand
Waiheke wrote:
Australian, or Ozzies, are a different breed entirely, the British part of them was shipped there in convict ships long ago.
Or, if you examine it through more humanist eyes. Australians are descended from poor people who fought for their survival against a society with a rigid class structure that had no universal education, workers rights or universal suffrage. They were punished for stealing food by being sent to the other side of the planet and they built a nation that does have universal education, workers rights and universal suffrage.
New Zealanders on the other hand are descended from the younger sons of British landed gentry who could not expect to inherit any land because of their patriarchal inheritance codes. Despite all their advantages they built a nation not dissimilar to Australia.
To this day Australians tend to distrust authority and give respect only when it is earnt. Their greatest sporting rivals are whoever is world champion in any given sport at any given time (or whoever's second best if Australia is the world champion).
This is not an ozzie joke.
Hi Waiheke, welcome 2 A2K, 'ay.