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Young Kiwis heading for Australia - and they're earning 'big bucks'

These articles never mention the huge amount of tax you pay, no benefits, compulsory super and health insurance.
- Danny W

I am a NZer, moved to Australia in the 80s, moving back to NZ soon. Sydney minimum house price is $1.1m, traffic terrible, one-hour drive each way to work , pollution, so much wasted time in car getting anywhere. Covid not under control. Life is not always greener . Life is not always about money, lifestyle is a must.
-Alan W

For my entire life, from the 70s to now, NZers have been agonising about brain drain. "The Lost Generation" and all that. Sure, it's a real issue, but NZ has done ok in spite of it. And now it's very clear, talking to my American friends, that NZ's brand is sky-high and a lot of highly skilled immigrants are interested in moving here (and bringing their jobs with them, in many cases) when the opportunity arises.
-Robert O

Visited my friends who lived in a beautiful house in Perth, brick and tile! But lost it years later, could not keep up the repayments. Could not garden, poisonous insects, could not walk through the bush at the cemetery, poisonous snakes! To see my grandchildren run through the sand into the ocean is a thrill, no trapdoor spiders to kill them or creepy poisonous things in the ocean. You are welcome to go there, I will stay here!
-Tina W

Interesting article. My partner and I, skilled workers, have moved home to New Zealand and are earning more here than in Australia?! Go figure. Also finding it more affordable.
- Joseph W

Who can blame them? Go with the money. Actually, Aussie has done very well bludging off NZ. Contributes nothing to the education of these people. Picks them up ready to work, and if they fall on hard times they pay them nothing. Good deal all around.
-Robert H

Amazes me how the younger generation decries the older generation for the perceived issues they think exist for them to get on the property ladder. Cry me a river! These young ones drink their lattes, drive flash cars, take overseas holidays regularly and save next to nothing. It's no different today to what it was when I was younger. Unless you are prepared to go without for a few years and save your money you won't get anywhere. You can't blame boomers if you aren't doing the hard yards!
-Peter O

There is work here in Perth for all age groups, especially if you have a trade or can drive a truck.
-John K

Mount Maunganui beachfront motel being used for emergency housing

I'm wondering how someone who doesn't work gets to live for free by the beachfront in prime real estate while the rest of us work hard and can't afford anywhere near that. I'm not against welfare and assistance but they should be hand-ups to a certain level, not surpassing everyday workers' lifestyles.
-Jenni C

"Leaving her job and moving from Whanganui to Tauranga about three months ago for a better life for her and her kids." I think it's sad that being unemployed provides a better life for a family than being in employment.
-Mark B

I'm not sure of the point of this article. It seems to me that everything is hunky dory with the owners happy to have their guests, the guests treated like decent human beings, a lovely setting, and the place looked after.
-Timothy T

I'm more that happy for them to be enjoying their new beachfront lifestyle. As long as I'm not paying for it. If I was paying for it, I'd be outraged.
-Andy G

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