39,956 - the record net number of Kiwis who left NZ for better opportunities in Oz in the year to August 2012.
11 - more billionaires who this week said they would follow in the footsteps of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett and donate half their fortunes to charity.
1.50 - the dollar amount National and its coalition partners couldn’t see fit to give to our lowest paid workers as they voted down my member’s Bill.
1 - gold medal back in the hands of its rightful owner.
0 - successful attempts at humour from a constipated Mr Key.
The Nats need to be hammered over the number of people fleeing to Australia. I do seem to recall that they had a plan to reverse this …Failed. utterly and miserably.
In December friends of ours will leave for Brisbane, she is an experienced and capable Mid Wife so thats 1 less for us and 1 more for them..
And billy english is already blaming returning kiwis for the next rise in the unemployment figures.
You couldn’t make it up any funnier
“successful attempts at humour from a constipated Mr Key”"
Someone should tell him the silver spoon is meant to go in his mouth.
… not to mention that toilets (not holes on the golf course) are the normal venue for one’s… ablutions.