Kiwi boardrooms should cease their grumbling, according to Forbes, as New Zealand has been declared the worlds' second-best country in which to do business.
The international business newsmagazine released its global rankings putting Denmark in the top spot and New Zealand second. Norway, Ireland and Sweden rounded out the top five.
Forbes said New Zealand, while the smallest economy in the top ten, "offers a transparent and stable business climate that encourages entrepreneurship".
The rankings are based on 11 criteria including protection of property rights, innovation, corruption and stock market performance.
To a large extent the Forbes list is a meta-ranking combining the rankings of indexes composed by other organisations such as Transparency International, the World Bank and Freedom House.
New Zealand has performed well on the Forbes rankings in the past, having been placed first in 2012 and second last year.
Of the 11 indices used to compile the list, New Zealand topped international rankings in monetary freedom, lack of red tape and investor protection. Venezeula, Haiti and Libya were the worst in the world in these three categories.
Chad, the bottom-ranked country, was singled out for relying on now-depressed oil markets which accounted for more than half its exports. Forbes said the country now faced "extreme levels of poverty."
Guinea, Libya, Haiti and Myanmar joined Chad at the bottom of the table.