Agree mate but NZ is like most countries. Money and greed over the environment we all can’t live without. Not many thinkers in the right positions 

Population growth/inmigration as an answer to our economic woes is a Ponzi scheme - dressed up in another name. 

It is a disgrace but won't be fixed any time soon.  When they were in opposition National blamed Labour, but Nicolla Willis has already said it is nothing to do with the government, it's all down to the council.  Funny how quickly responsibility shifts.  The trouble is that councilors and Mayors are elected, and no one will vote for someone who wants to raise rates and cut other services in order to spend billions on new sewerage treatment works.  It's the same with most infrastructure, everyone wants it, but no one wants to pay for it. 

NZ needs a population 10 million with skills,not just fruit pickers,uber drivers but real engineering skills etc

Need to get back to Manufacturing not importing goods that can and were made here. Added value to export goods,not selling logs off to buy back as furniture etc

I think there has been very little thought whatsoever go into keeping up services to match the rate of housing and traffic increases which comes with expanding population , over the past 20 + years by anyone. Council's with no idea , developers who just don't care and just grab all the $ they can because they can . My view is any work which has been done are just knee jerk reactions to problems which are already years old and out of control. NZ is just going to be another polluted , over populated **** hole like so many other places around the world . I'm glad I won't be around to see it.

MB wrote: Some mainstream economists are saying that a population of 15 million is required for economic development. 100 000 people a year moving to NZ, that's a population the size of Whangarei. Is a city the size of Whangarei being built every year with associated infrastructure (e.g. schools, hospitals, motorways)?  Happy New Year

v8-coupe wrote: MB wrote: Some mainstream economists are saying that a population of 15 million is required for economic development. 100 000 people a year moving to NZ, that's a population the size of Whangarei. Is a city the size of Whangarei being built every year with associated infrastructure (e.g. schools, hospitals, motorways)?  Happy New Year  "NO"

Exactly.

What gives me the ****s - figuratively speaking, is when i see these 'news' articles - and remember the NZ Horid is constantly fishing for dramatic content  - is when i see articles about water qaulity, and then they refer to 'modelling' 

Ive seen more modelling from 'scientists' so far wrong its not funny - than ive heard of people getting sick swimming at the beach....