Bloody Norway yet again
Nov. 5th, 2010 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threemonkeysI admit to being fascinated by these country comparison lists and particularly how they differ. I apologise for inflicting another one on you but it has to be more interesting than telling you about the tree that I have pruned into non-existence, which is the only thing going on in my life this week.
According to this news item, the UN Human Development Report for 2010 list NZ as the third best country in the world according to its "well being" index. I suppose it is a bit more concrete than a happiness index.
Call me a skeptic if you like, but don't you find it suspicious that the last time this index was calculated NZ was 20th and has now moved up to third. And just who heads the UN agency responsible for the index? Why it's former NZ prime minister Helen Clark.
On the other hand, Australia is second on the list and given the nature of the relationship between our countries, no loyal Kiwi would stand for that if they actually had the opportunity to influence the outcome.
According to this news item, the UN Human Development Report for 2010 list NZ as the third best country in the world according to its "well being" index. I suppose it is a bit more concrete than a happiness index.
Call me a skeptic if you like, but don't you find it suspicious that the last time this index was calculated NZ was 20th and has now moved up to third. And just who heads the UN agency responsible for the index? Why it's former NZ prime minister Helen Clark.
On the other hand, Australia is second on the list and given the nature of the relationship between our countries, no loyal Kiwi would stand for that if they actually had the opportunity to influence the outcome.