New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.
“New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.”
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New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.
“New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.”
New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.
It's possible to spend every waking hour here on the ninth floor and not get out of the office. And this isn't the real world in here. And contrary to public opinion, I'm not incredibly poll-driven. They are an ongoing indicator of how we are going, but I take the feedback I get on the street as being the most important.
I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society.
From time to time I might push a little bit too hard and I have got to be a bit more careful.
Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare.
Growing up, books were my lifeline, and I owe a debt to those writers that can never be repaid. They saved my sanity and gave me a world I could escape to. If I can pay that forward to another person, that's all I ask.
I came of age when jobs were plentiful and college not exorbitantly expensive. I graduated with debt, but it was manageable, and I set off to do something I loved - journalism.
I've never felt like this country owed me anything. If anything, I am forever in debt to this country.
We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.
If you have a lot of short-term debt, it means that all of that money can be demanded in a very short period of time. Technically, short-term debt means money that's coming due within a year. Typically, it means money that's coming due within 30 to 90 days.