That's if we really have a government, or a mafia not sure which. NZ may be perceived as having the least corrupt government, but that is a whole different story from reality.

MP's here are overpaid (John Key gets paid more than President Obama) and undeserving especially considering their record in [s]running[/s] ruining this country, my mother already left the country for better pay and working conditions than she could ever get in the New Zealand public service (which is overworked while the MP's get massive pay increases).

The National party can claim to be improving the economy, but when the economic is rocky, unemployment is up, and the gap between rich and poor is growing, I think that's a fantasy.

Helen Clark is one of the best Prime Ministers New Zealand ever had (and will have for a long time) and its sad NZ handed over the reigns of power to a wall street banker aligned with the very corporations that made this global recession happen.

In my opinion though NZ would be better off without any of the parties currently in power, as they have been failing the country ever since the 1970s, as we gain more public and government debt as well as higher rates of poverty and crime.