Since 1997 house prices have risen faster in Australia than New Zealand, but Goldman reckons that the latter is more vulnerable.
Further, it pursued a much less rigid monetary policy than New Zealand.
But it is striking that although the human and financial cost of the Japanese calamity was significantly greater than New Zealand's, the insurance claims faced by Lloyd's don't seem to capture that.
As a measure of India's priorities, consider that the world's second-most-populous country has no more diplomats than tiny New Zealand.
The main reason is that Lloyd's had a lower exposure to Japan than to New Zealand - and it is Japan's own insurers that are taking the biggest hit.
If those four were the only businesses government got involved in, there would be no cry to free us from the burdens of bureaucracy because the state would be no more of a threat to innovation and job creation than the New Zealand army is to world peace.
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Producing lamb in New Zealand and shipping it to Britain uses less energy than producing British lamb, because farming in New Zealand is less energy-intensive.
More than 6, 000 New Zealand police officers are getting an iPhone after the nation signed a 10-year outsourcing contract with Vodafone.
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Over the past three years real long-term bond yields have been on average 1.4 percentage points higher in New Zealand than in Australia.
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Against all the odds it will be France against England in the semifinal at the Stade de France next Saturday rather than the Australia v New Zealand encounter most people expected.
Nothing epitomized England's deficiencies more than when, with New Zealand having taken a 16-6 lead through Jimmy Cowan's 57th-minute try, star Jonny Wilkinson chose to attempt a drop-goal when the home side were in a prime position to hit back with a five-pointer.
Prestwick was put up for sale more than a year ago by its New Zealand owners, Infratil.
That high-visibility contest was no closer, however, than the one just fought in New Zealand, where incumbent Laborite Helen Clark held back the tax cutter, Donald Brash.
O'Driscoll will make his first Lions Test appearance since being spear-tackled out of the 2005 New Zealand tour less than two minutes into the opening All Blacks showdown.
Fleming has played 104 Tests and taken part in more limited-overs internationals as a captain than any other cricketer, guiding New Zealand to 98 wins in 218 games and victory in the 2000 ICC Knockout tournament, later re-named as the Champions Trophy.
Meanwhile in Group D Burkina Faso 's match against New Zealand took much longer than expected to complete.
Obviously more than a few gold coins directly benefited New Zealand, which stands in for the location of Middle Earth.
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In his most consistent display since returning from ankle and side strain injuries mid-way through the summer, Flintoff scored his first half-century since scoring an unbeaten 72 against New Zealand in Hobart more than a year ago.
The Mega business plan has been vetted by more than 20 lawyers across the US and New Zealand, Dotcom says including those at Rothken's firm, and New Zealand law firms Simpson Grierson (one of the largest corporate law firms in NZ) and Lowndes Jordan (an intellectual property specialist).
His midas touch extended to the field where a brilliant throw from the deep had Craig McMillan run out at a time when New Zealand needed to survive rather than pick up runs.
Astle has scored more than 5, 000 one-day runs for New Zealand, including 12 hundreds and 30 half centuries.
England internationals are contracted by the top clubs rather than by the central union as in countries like New Zealand and Ireland.
This digital option will be available at more than 1, 600 store locations in Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Along with the chance to sample more than 90 beers from microbreweries as far afield as New Zealand and Estonia, the festival offers lectures on home brewing and pairing beer with food.
Of the Kiwi batsmen only Oram really came to terms with the task and New Zealand would have fallen considerably more than 32 runs shy of their target had it no been for his efforts.
Still, she said, New Zealand offers better overall consistency of quality than France does.
New Zealand were just under a second slower than the British in qualifying.
The farm has also chosen a New Zealand Friesian-Jersey cross, rather than the Holstein Friesian that is typically found on UK dairy farms.
And even with the closures, he pointed out that the Republic will still have far more police stations per population than the likes of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and New Zealand.
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The game finally got under way at 1220 BST, more than two hours behind schedule because of rain, and New Zealand were happy to win the toss and put their opponents in.
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