NZ ranked by British firm Legatum as the 5th most prosperous nation.

[happy_az]

Let's be proud (generally) Although, not everyone here, of course, finds themselves prosperous.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christop...ountries-2013/

[kodachrome]

Let's be proud (generally) Although, not everyone here, of course, finds themselves prosperous.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/christop...ountries-2013/

Interesting stats however reading the site it states the current placing of 5th is actually a drop of 2 places!

New Zealand has moved down two places since 2009 on overall Prosperity to 5th in 2013.
Safety & Security has moved down by eight places to 15th, due to increases in demographic pressures, human emigration and group grievances.
Governance has increased by one place to 2nd, mainly because of an improvement in regulation quality and a decrease in the perception of corruption.

Country datasets:
NZ (5th): http://www.prosperity.com/#!/country/NZL
UK (16th): http://www.prosperity.com/#!/country/GBR
Ireland (12th): http://www.prosperity.com/#!/country/irl

[A.C. Slater]

Thank God for all the "human emigration" that plagues New Zealand, otherwise, this forum probably wouldn't exist!

[Fern49]

Thank God for all the "human emigration" that plagues New Zealand, otherwise, this forum probably wouldn't exist!

It's not that bad plus I wouldn't call it 'plague'. I wouldn't want to see NZ lose much of it's open spaces with more people entering the country. A portion of the problem is, too many people won't help themselves or cut their cloth to suit.