A United Nations study has found Finns are happier than Kiwis - and senior minister Gerry Brownlee reckons that's thanks to a speech that caused outrage in the Nordic country last month.
Responding in Parliament to a call to follow in Finland's footsteps, Mr Brownlee said it had worse unemployment
than New Zealand and "can hardly feed the people who live there, has a terrible homicide rate, hardly educates its people, and has no respect for women".
The comments upset Finns in New Zealand and were picked up by Finnish media.
Mr Brownlee was lambasted by Finnish comedian Tuomas Enbuske, who criticised his weight and mocked New Zealand for the size of its sheep population.
Now the Finns can mock us over our quality of life, too, after a United Nations report on global happiness ranked Finland second and New Zealand eighth.
