Quotes about Zealand

Things are getting tougher in New Zealand. While the rest of the world hasn't really priced in the risks associated with higher interest rates and slower growth, New Zealand's market has started to do so.

Jason Teh

Tony Blair is caught in a quagmire in Iraq and New Zealand should be helping to pull him out. By politely not mentioning what the British are doing in Iraq we could be seen to be condoning it.

Keith Locke

To suggest that New Zealand journalists who join the EPMU for the workplace protections and rights that come with belonging to a union are somehow tainted is a gross slur on their professionalism.

Andrew Little

We've been watching the guys and been inspired by their fight and the way they're playing. We've had a good couple of years, beating South Africa and New Zealand, and this is just the icing on the cake.

Clare Connor

New Zealand is a country with a very diverse population: 20 per cent of New Zealanders were born offshore. Patterns of migration are shifting and there are many more risks at our border.

Finley Peter Dunne

The photos were taken at the three islands, North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island. There are a few good shots of a famous surf spot called Raglan - it's the longest surf left in the world and featured in the classic surf movie 'Endless Summer.' I also have a few of Clint's fishing boat, F/V Rachel, leaving the Port of New Zealand.

Karen Edwards

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.

Peter Jackson

We enjoyed doing it and we were looking forward to being part of this big New Zealand-made movie but that obviously wasn't going to happen this time, so I hope there'll be another occasion when something similar comes up.

Peter Wells

The New Zealand dollar continues to be hampered by the recent swag of weak economic data. We suspect the currency will continue to come under pressure.

Tim Bowring

When some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St Paul's.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Shlomo told us he'd been to New Zealand recently. He told us we must have a window-seat when we land in Wellington because it's the most beautiful landing anywhere in the world.

Daniel Bell

The outlook for rates is to the downside on the basis of the slowing growth environment. Any view that the relatively high nominal interest rate structure will be enough to insulate the New Zealand dollar is dead wrong.

Sue Trinh

On a medium-term basis, the market senses the New Zealand dollar is overvalued. The market is worried about a substantial slow down in New Zealand growth.

Jonathan Prince

The way I'm looking at it at the moment and the impression that I'm getting from the people in Canada is that I think the World Cup is the icing on the cake and I think that realistically we go to the World Cup in the hope of putting on a good performance against England and New Zealand -- and hopefully beating Kenya.

Andy Pick

We expect CO2 emissions growth in China between now and 2030 will equal the growth of the United States, Canada, all of Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Korea combined.

Fatih Birol

This is a significant trophy trout fishery, there's a number of trout, 10 pound plus, which is considered trophy size in New Zealand so it's quite significant.

Steve Terry

This is a good decision for ANZES [Air New Zealand Engineering Services] and its staff, for Air New Zealand and for New Zealand itself.

Rob Fyfe

The undertakings provided to the ACCC are also designed to give a new entrant, most likely Virgin Blue, unimpeded access to the trans-Tasman and domestic New Zealand market.

Ralph Norris

The economic environment in Australia, New Zealand and internationally, remains supportive of reasonable earnings growth in the medium term, despite the softening associated with more stable housing and high oil prices.

John Mcfarlane

We have concerns New Zealand will be able to fund its current account deficit so we see the New Zealand dollar weakening further.

Prashant Newnaha

While a similar split is obviously an option for New Zealand, that has never been my preference.

Michael Cullen

Many overseas tourists discover New Zealand on their way to Australia and wish they had budgeted more time for it, ... New Zealanders are a friendly, relaxed people. They welcome visitors and enjoy sharing the country's beauty and lifestyle.

Jane King

Looking internationally, the market still has a hefty appetite for yield that will support the currency. New Zealand yields are on a similar par with those of Kazakhstan.

Adrian Foster

I will be ready to face New Zealand.

Mike Ruddock

We've seen why New Zealand rugby is strong as it has players coming out of the islands.

Nick Mallett

I can confirm that a 28-year-old New Zealand man was today charged by Norfolk Island police with murder.

Larry Andrews

Some analysts are trying to dismiss the retail sales as an aberration but the market will have a reality check this week on the New Zealand rate outlook with the consumer prices index.

Danica Hampton

It is a great milestone, at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 there were just three nations representing Oceania, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

Kevan Gosper

New Zealand is ahead in the global cycle. The U.K., Australia and Canada are all in boats behind New Zealand, so they may follow the same pattern.

Andrew Bascand

But we now believe it has been in New Zealand for longer than we first thought and it is clear it had spread before we put the controls on.

Peter Thomson

We meet socially to talk about Australian (or New Zealand) politics, sports.

Michael Hogan

Development of a comprehensive digital content strategy, with the objective of accelerating the production, distribution and marketing of digital content and applications domestically and internationally should be a key priority for New Zealand. The Digital Strategy is a great foundation, but urgency around next steps is critical.

Brian Thompson

(Santa Fe) started out very slow because we had a lot of new players but our fly half, Hulbert, is from New Zealand, and his experience made a tremendous amount of difference.

Richard Morris

We need to win the series (against New Zealand). I won't be happy if we don't.

Mickey Arthur

The drugs that have been seized in New Zealand ports and airports aren't usually destined for the New Zealand market.

Ross Bell

We have been advised of suspect transactions on a small number of Bank of New Zealand customer accounts which suggest that fraudulent transactions were conducted offshore.

Shona Bishop

The savings available for companies to grow out of is just more robust than it is in New Zealand, which has not addressed the savings pool issue. That is in a nutshell, the issue that faces the listed market.

Mark Weldon

The U.K. over the past six months shows us how the economy can go from looking quite weak to improving in reaction to a rate cut. It will also occur in New Zealand, so the RBNZ is unlikely to cut aggressively.

Adrian Foster

There's not a lot of investment opportunities out there, so yield is still the default play for the market. But when the New Zealand dollar turns, it will turn aggressively, and if we don't get yield demand it will fall by a country mile.

Cameron Bagrie

The shoulder injury I incurred during the match in June took me out of the NPC season in New Zealand.

Jonah Lomu

The New Zealand dollar is at risk of disappointment at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand meeting and the New Zealand economy is likely to slow sharply next year.

Ashley Davies

With our owners short of a permit or two to race their horses in Singapore and Hong Kong, we can race 25 of the 45 we always have in the stable. Usually we only have about eight to 10 left to race in New Zealand and it's been like that for the last five to eight years.

Bruce Wallace

It's going to be a huge challenge facing Australia with the home support behind them. These Games will be tougher than ever before with that in mind and taking into account the strong teams that South Africa, Canada and New Zealand will have in Melbourne.

James Gibson

I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.

Russell Crowe

I think we left New Zealand the same day as the tsunami hit so we all remember what happened.

Sanath Jayasuriya

This week's redundancies also serve as a reminder not to talk up the benefits of a Free Trade Agreement with China. While some will argue the benefits in a FTA for New Zealand agricultural exporters, the effects on the 300,000 workers employed in the manufacturing industries could be devastating.

Ross Wilson

This is the downside of the lack of pollution in New Zealand.

Richard Mckenzie

The labor market data is expected to record some deterioration. This will keep the New Zealand dollar on the defensive.

Sean Comber

At the highest levels of New Zealand government, they are pledging support to keep this going.

Marcia Rogers

The fact they've turned a low margin operation into a good margin operation demonstrates to me that there is expertise there and gives me some confidence in their New Zealand purchase.

Craig Shepherd

But the danger is that New Zealand could bring in some young unknowns who might change their game and make things a bit more difficult for us.

Michael Baird

Telecom, coupled with buoyant global markets has seen buying re-enter the New Zealand market.

Murray Rutherford

It was made in New Zealand, from Ferrari fabric. This area is also for wireless, so the performers can get on their laptops and stay in touch with those back home.

Fred Hunter

A launching pad was established for the New Zealand dollar to rally. Offshore and local buyers were looking for something with a five in front.

Sean Comber

I thought they (New Zealand) had a solid foundation (224 for 1) to propel themselves to a score of 300 but the (West Indies) slow bowlers played an important part in the game and it is obviously something we'll be taking into our thinking tank, I thought we stuck well in the end after they got off to a good start.

Daren Ganga

It probably increases the risk premium on New Zealand for a few days.

Andrew Bascand

We're very disappointed but that is sevens rugby: it's core skills under the microscope. New Zealand were worthy winners.

Mike Friday

It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.

Martin Henderson

You get these debates in local communities and it is part of the wider debate - about how Maori and other people are going to articulate with each other in New Zealand and that can be a painful interface.

Anne Salmond

Given that by far the majority of those involved in the debate have not had the opportunity to view the episode, we feel it is important to give the public of New Zealand that chance.

Rick Friesen

The experience we have gained in this New Zealand campaign is invaluable and we all know that to win, there is no substitute for ongoing momentum and participation.

Peter Harrison

As a person, living in New Zealand for a year and a half has changed me as well. In some ways, I feel Hobbit-y , you know?

Billy Boyd

It would be a dark day for New Zealand if Fletcher Building relocated. We have to look at the savings industry and see if it's working properly. We have to look around the corporate tax rate.

John Key

The New Zealand dollar remains a downward-trending currency. The downward direction is implied by greater certainty about a slow economy.

Anthony Byett

When I first came out to New Zealand for principal photography, the focus was on voicing Gollum. But Peter wanted Gollum to be the most interactive digital character ever made for a movie, with a combination of live action and digital animation.

Andy Serkis

Air New Zealand will become a nimble and fast moving airline, able to rapidly adapt to change more quickly than its competitors. I am determined to implement the necessary measures to ensure this happens.

Rob Fyfe

There are some post-graduate courses available in New Zealand, and we can give people advice on how to get started.

Steve Moss

We're purposely calling this side the New Zealand Junior Men's team ... the boys know we won't be calling them Junior Black Sox until they make the World Series team.

Mark Carter

By then (15) they have had their own kids in their development programme for two years. They prefer our kids to finish their schooling in New Zealand.

David Perkins

Rob Fyfe knows the challenges facing Air New Zealand, and there are many.

Andrew Little

The decline in the exchange rate will either be gradual, as domestic spending pressures ease, or it will be more abrupt as global investors reassess New Zealand as an investment destination.

Alan Bollard

Say the RBNZ cuts interest rates three times, which most agree would be aggressive, you still have New Zealand interest rates above 6 percent. In an environment of yield, that will still offer the New Zealand dollar support.

Adrian Foster

With the Reserve Bank's increases to the cash rate last year and subsequent increases across all lending institutions for mortgages, the dominance of residential rental property as the standout preference amongst New Zealand investors may be coming to an end.

Anthony Byett

This kind of figure is bound to generate negative headlines for New Zealand. Higher oil prices also suggest the deficit could widen further.

Michael Every

The Australian dollar is being marked down by association with the New Zealand dollar.

Clifford Bennett

On our last New Zealand ride, I had a woman who rode only 80 miles, and a guy who did over 700 miles on the same trip.

Dave Edwards

We want to go -- there's no training in New Zealand to be able to reach our goal of a top 20 at the next Olympics.

Lisa Daniels

Part of it is just breaking the routine of life, getting away for 14 days. We're not worrying about paying bills or answering phone calls. Being in New Zealand is like living in the 1950s.

Gene Strusz

The fact that New Zealand is a natural resource-based economy, and not a service-oriented economy, has allowed the market to benefit from rising world commodity prices and also has insulated it from the global economy.

Tim Hayes

Peter Utley, the newspaper's obituary editor cheerfully checked with Primrose Palmer, his assistant, on the day's soul traffic. The late archbishop from New Zealand sounded promising, it was agreed, but then again it was lunch time, and who knew what had been happening in some now-ending life.

Francis X. Clines

The yen is benefiting from a reversal of bets on yen-carry trades on concern the New Zealand dollar will fall. The unwinding of that trade also is going on amid speculation the central bank is getting closer to raising rates.

Keizo Tanaka

Trading has been pretty steady so it looks as though it's been a good Boxing Day for retailers around New Zealand today.

Barry Hellberg

With Monkey Bay Sauvignon Blanc and, now, Chardonnay, we're able to offer consumers outstanding examples of the winning New Zealand style at a very attractive suggested retail price of $9.99, ... Both wines exude the vibrant, food-friendly qualities lovers of New Zealand wines prize.

Tim Peters

As a result profitability is being slashed tremendously amongst New Zealand businesses and especially of course those in the exporting and importing competing sectors.

Tony Alexander

If the world were a village of 100 people, ... there would be 60 Asians, 14 Africans, 12 Europeans, eight people from Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean, five from the U.S.A. and Canada, and one from Australia or New Zealand.

Donella Meadows

[Making the semis at the world championships may have been a first for New Zealand but has not meant riches for the pair.] The world champs has no prize money. It's about prestige, like the Olympics, I guess, ... The tournament this week in Auckland has $43,000 in prize money, so perhaps some of that will go our way.

Paul Shirley

That's the way the schedule has panned out so I just have to accept that. I'm looking forward to the New Zealand A tour to Sri Lanka next month and then I'll just concentrate on the domestic summer. I want to stay injury-free for the next six months and perform well, so by the time that first test rolls around against the West Indies I'm right in the frame.

James Franklin

New Zealand is an remarkably under-explored country, and with hydrocarbon deposits found in all the near-shore petroleum basins there is enormous potential in its our oceans.

Adam Feeley

With New Zealand pulling out of the tour here which would have been this week, we have had to resort to hosting a local competition to keep our boys on their toes.

Paula Raqeukai

Since the very first day I started at Team New Zealand I have never been particularly happy with the boat, no matter what we did to it.

Grant Dalton

The matter has not yet been resolved. New Zealand clearly have an issue with Zimbabwe.

Gavin Lewis

The increase in support for the Greens over the last two weeks since the election should be attributed to their high profile and critical role in determining which major party will gain government in New Zealand.

Gary Morgan

This hasn't changed our view that the New Zealand dollar is in a serial decline. The currency is on a depreciation cycle, regardless of whether interest rates go down or not.

John Rothfield

As the final results are not confirmed, there is scope for the New Zealand dollar to be a little shaky on account of the perceived uncertainty. This is exactly what has happened.

Sue Trinh

He was the man of the series when New Zealand met Malaysia recently and Leo should be someone who can make an impact in the A-League.

Mich D'avray

[And so on through immigration and health and law and order and one she might not have anticipated. South African immigrant, John Becker, who is a first-time voter in New Zealand, says,] Is military conscription perhaps not the solution? ... It may be a solution, but it may not be the one for now.

Judith Collins

He is happy to see the success New Zealand athletes are enjoying and is happy to be associated with the team. He would not be there if he did not think he had something to offer.

Eric Hollingsworth

You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has been threatened with outsourcing, be it Italy, be it Australia, New Zealand, and certainly, Canada.

Ed Asner