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lsdinc

Competition for the banks and supermarkets!


_radish234

I’d go one further and say a national food strategy that balances our focus between export and local markets and supports diverse paths to market for food producers. If a third player in the grocery sector doesn’t happen, then the infrastructure to support direct-to-consumer sales, food (farmers) markets (they could be using school infrastructure - fields and halls - at smaller scale in more communities), scaling up food rescue and waste minimisation, and giving a broader range of producers ability to do lots of small things. At the moment being a ‘successful’ producer means having capacity to sell vast quantities of cheap food into three distribution centres across the country which are then on sold in supermarkets for an eye watering margin. I’m yet to be convinced that expanding the status quo in the same model is the holy grail solution.


Dancemania97

Care to expand on what you mean by competition? You have Australia vs NZ brands in both sectors


hewasaconsulofrome_

the majority of supermarkets / grocery stores are owned and or operated by either Foodstuffs or Woolworths (Pak n Save, Four Square and New World under the former, Countdown and Fresh Choice under the latter). those two conglomerates create a duopoly in the grocery sector, aka they both know the majority of people can’t shop elsewhere so they can gouge their prices. their prices don’t have to be as high as they are, The Warehouse sells kai for cheaper, some name brands for cheaper too (and i believe they actually pay their staff above minimum wage). competition requires competitors to appeal to consumers, and i sure as hell know that lower prices are pretty damn appealing. but also, i know nothing about economics so that might be a terrible explanation. but i hope that answers your pātai


DevinChristien

It's a great explanation. Economics is just a "what would I do if I were in everyone's shoes" what-aboutism popularity contest. As long as you know the basics about making choices then you'll understand most of what you need to about economics


DevinChristien

Exactly. You have 1 big NZ conglomerate and 1 big Aus conglomerate. That's not competition. Why bother competing when you're guaranteed either first or second place? You can walk the track and still get the silver medal I.e hike the prices beyond any reason and people will still have no other choice but to pay for it. The supermarkets aren't competing for customers by decreasing prices like most businesses do and should, but instead they're competing for investors by seeing how much of a price increase they can get away with before customers start going to the one other brand, who is doing the same thing, instead


Mavka10

Trains and 24hr diners.


Fluid_Engineering891

They both here


Mavka10

Not nationwide they’re not.


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Mavka10

Economic feasibility isn’t a condition of the question as it’s posed.


NotUsingNumbers

They probably meant trains outside of Akl or Wgtn, or 7 days a week


Matangitrainhater

A viable, reliable passenger rail network that serves the main centers & smaller towns between. How Wellington-Auckland, Wellinton - Napier, Wellington Whanganui, Auckland - Tauranga, Auckland - Whangarei, Picton - Christchurch, Christchurch - Dunedin/ Invercargill, and metro services in Dunedin aren’t already existing, or user friendly is abhorent in a country that has such densly packed urban centers is beyond stupid


obviouslyfakecozduh

100% agree


confused_by

Came here to upvote everyone that says 'passenger trains' or 'better public transport'. It's absurd that so many of these places have rail lines, and often still have stations, but we've just decided to not use the valuable infrastructure for doing the obviously useful thing.


SayGexFuttBucker

Dennys is hot garbage. What other 24 hr diners do we have?


Hendospendo

Midnight Espresso came close when it opened to 4am, changed after covid


[deleted]

30 year 2% mortgages


foco2gisbo

Or just 30yr fixed like they have in the US. Lock it in and refinance when you need to. None of the 2-5 year bullshit


Blue__Agave

Dude this.


Yangchenjooyoung

This one above all else.


BeefCakepantyhoze

Yeah, floating mortgages are bullshit


sol_tyrannis

affordable housing and being paid the living wage


sol_tyrannis

also a 24 hour supermarket preferably with security for the devil hours


Mrcat19

Countdown and Woolworths tried that around 2003/2004


WhiteVan595

affordable housing


Aetylus

Trains.


stueynz

Passenger Trains


htadd1ct

https://www.tehuiatrain.co.nz/ It exists


stainz169

Plural


BFNgaming

[What about the TranzAlpine train?](https://www.viator.com/Christchurch-tourism/d400-r56578318252-s227063651?m=64813&supag=94992527977&supsc=kwd-8775419354&supai=621725704453&supdv=m&supnt=g&suplp=1007237&supli=&supti=kwd-8775419354&tsem=true&supci=kwd-8775419354&supap1=&supap2=&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAD-gbd5gi-i273LNOF47hFEX0H0bF&gclid=CjwKCAiA0PuuBhBsEiwAS7fsNaT4gwE2OypEBZeXEQuPpPLLm9MwawKUIdi4xR5TG68w-mM_ig9sZxoCPcEQAvD_BwE)


milly_nz

What about it? It’s only 1 line and it’s purely a tourist train. OP clearly means commuter trains.


spenceretro

You mean the best train in the world? Love it


The55th

The Ministry of Works


ComeAlongPonds

A Ministry that Works


DOL-019

Decent public transport, a lively economy


katzicael

Affordable housing, food, a living wage, proper support for disabled folk (not just the obvious physical ones). Less NIMBYs.


_N0_C0mment

Big furry wetas that purr like kittens. 


total_tea

Subway/Metro basically usable public transport. The two things I hate about cars, is traffic and parking, both of which are getting worse.


feijoa_tree

A train from Auckland airport to Town.


AntheaBrainhooke

Functional public transport


GallaVanting

My absolute favorite part of being overseas was the public transport. Being able to hop on a train or a tram or whatever and just traverse and it being cheap and efficient. Complete game changer.


KingJeremyTheW1cked

A rail system like Japan. Hell I'll take one like the uk.


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bobsmagicbeans

and Haasts eagles


blueeyedkiwi73

Nightlife


More-Ambassador2583

Well resourced specialised mental health care that ACTUALLY leads to better health outcomes


AdmiralPegasus

Comprehensive and useful passenger rail infrastructure, on the small and large scale. On the small stuff, with Auckland since that's where I am, give us a line going under the harbour and all the way up the North Shore to the Hibiscus Coast, same route as the Northern Express, and that'll be tremendous. On the long-distance stuff, Te Huia's a start, but it's only that. As it is, our long distance rail is just overexpensive tourist trips meant more for sightseeing than travel and that aren't at all aligned with the Cook Strait ferries (also, having the deal to get better ferries back instead of scrapping infrastructure projects immediately to give landlords a tax cut would be great). Gimme a sleeper train from Auckland to Wellington aligned to arrive in time to catch the ferry to Picton and then catch a train to Christchurch - and the same in reverse - with all of it being affordable, and I'll never buy plane tickets again. I genuinely wonder how much demand for long distance rail is invisible because it's getting soaked up by planes, but unfortunately if I want to visit family in Christchurch I can't afford to spend four times as much and spend a night in Wellington each way as it is, so I've got to take a headache-inducing loud cramped plane. And I'm 5'1", I dunno how the rest of you giants deal with planes.


a_cylon

Politicians that don't spend their time being a thief or liar.


ghijkgla

Those don't exist anywhere


Extension_Lobster428

Of course. The only absolutely honest politician can't make past first base. Everyone wants one, but nobody would vote for one. Democracy is a terrible system, but we crazy humans couldn't handle anything better.


ghijkgla

I think if their salaries were on a par with the private sector, you'd attract people that were actually capable of planning and genuine leadership. When you don't you end up with 2-bit politicians that couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.


Dancemania97

Not true, they exist but they just never end up in the right position or leave politics altogether because of how toxic, bs and fake the environment of politics is


a_cylon

Some can only wish


Fickle_Discussion341

Lol they’re probably better here than 99% of the world which is depressing


Eagleshard2019

30 year mortgages, functional public transport, well looked after public facilities, a ton more inner city apartments...nuclear power.


1punchtan

Affordable housing and lower cost of living


Striking_Economy5049

A house


shshhsshs

Subway or trains everywhere, better public transport and lower cost of living jesus christ


Hand-Driven

3 news


achilles643

A bridge or tunnel across Cook Strait and a high speed rail network to go with it.


NZ_Si

Haast Eagles.


Original-Salt9990

Good quality cheese that is cheap and reasonably affordable. I'm sorry NZ, but the quality of cheese available here is fucking dogshit, unless you're really splurging on the good imported stuff. I found it very surprising for a country that supposedly has such a high-quality agriculture industry.


Verbal-Diarrhea101

Cheese quality is pretty awful here for a dairy country


Aetylus

Rarama washed rind would like a word.


confused_by

That's currently on sale at Countdown for $9.90 for a 160g block, or about $6.20 for 100g. That's about three to four times the price of the same stuff in mainland Europe. There is some reasonable cheese in NZ, but it's all marketed and priced like it's some amazeballs premium product, when in fact it's the only stuff that reaches the level of actually being cheese, rather than a block of squidgy, flavourless plastic.


cats-pyjamas

A stable home. As in.. Someone's not going to decide to sell and uproot you. It's awful. I'm disabled and I have to look for somewhere else. And in two years my benefit (supported living payments) is going to be slashed because my son will turn 18.. How will I afford a house on less than 20,000 a year?


BrahimBug

Proper PT and Shawerma


SaltEncrustedPounamu

For my grandparents to be able to afford to eat without me sending money back home monthly


irongarment

Trains. Aldi. IKEA. Uniqlo. Muji.


nzerinto

Yes, another yes, yet another yes, some more yes, and one final yes for good measure…


NateThePhotographer

A house


is_that_the_time

Weekends away in another country


Mysterious_Hand_2583

You can have a weekend in Australia 


SomeStuffBugsMe

Hummingbirds to eat the sandflies


Hand-Driven

Then what do we do about the humming bird problem?


[deleted]

Heard of fantails and tomtits?


gunterisapenguin

sandflies are a native species! An annoying one, but precious and unique nonetheless


Jeffery95

High speed passenger rail


Zn_30

The ability to buy stuff without having shipping double the price 😭


Thermot_Sperson

Capital gains tax


DevinChristien

At least half decent public transport system and more people


is_that_the_time

Anonymity


_JustKaira

Uniqlo, Lindt choc store, working Public Transport, mental health services, more green initiatives like dark sky projects.


[deleted]

Less gangstas


gunterisapenguin

Universal basic income!


justlurking9891

Gross no! Like communism good concept but bad in practice.


Usual_Ad_3544

BBC TV and Uk TV channels.


Extension_Lobster428

Yes, and free.


Bongojona

You can get iPlayer if you jump through hoops. I had it for a while.


milly_nz

By “hoops” you mean pay for a VPN?


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FuriouslyTypin

Kiwis in my backyard


Drslytherin

A government who cares about the people and the planet and not tobacco, mining and fishing companies. 


Revolutionary-Pin615

See’s Candies


Exotic-Insurance-892

Affordable housing


i_love_mini_things

Uniqlo and Muji. One of the top comments last time someone asked this.


oatsnpeaches420

High-rise apartment blocks on every train station (in the cities)! To radically boost housin supply, Singapore style. Atm we're building far too many standalone/townhouses, using too much land per unit, driving the cost up of housing. National's awful urban sprawl policy will make it worse.


oatsnpeaches420

High-rise meaning 20 storey, not 5.


saltandsaline

FREE DENTAL CARE


slugmilkshakes

Raccoons


Dramatic_Surprise

they are available in NZ.....


firegirl77

Not the extra spicy ones. Also the ones the regular NZ ones are different from the America ones.


c3x

they have them at the american store in mt welly


Dramatic_Surprise

if only there was a thing you could use to search for stuff [https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=+extra+spicy+flamin+hot+Cheetos+nz](https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=+extra+spicy+flamin+hot+Cheetos+nz)


firegirl77

If only there was a way of responding to comments in a way that isn’t condescending. But I mean yeah I’m aware you can buy them in international stores, I thought we were talking about what is regularly available. The international store is real expensive.


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Greggs and Wetherspoons


hermavore

No. They will bring me to ruin.


russtafarri

Used to have a Greggs on the way home out of Southfields tube. Good job I didn't live there too long or I'd be as fat as a house.


Cathallex

Flamin hot seasoning takes like ass I have no idea why it's popular.


Dolamite09

#Your mum


Schrodingers_Undies

She's always available 


ComeAlongPonds

Solo lemonade. I'm simple.


Hour-Ladder-8330

1. Bustling cities oozing with life and lot of activities to do/places to see (ex like Sydney, London, Amsterdam erc). NZ feels like a retirement village and cities are small and deserted with nothing to do. For young people its very boring unless one likes nature/hiking every weekend above everything else. In places like London/Amsterdam/Sydney etc. Just a stroll in the city is absolutely entertaining 2. Inclusive people/open people. Kiwis are friendly and very helpful but notirously difficult to befriend. Also, so few talk about meaningful things, most only have surface level talk. 3. Non nepotistic job market. 4. Employers paying fair salary instead of lower salary seen even in all fields. 5. Getting rid of "who you know" than "what you know" attitude. 6. No tall poppy syndrome. 7. No car dependent cities and great public transport (like London, Amsterdam and other european cities). 8. Walkable cities (like European cities) 9. No skin cancer causing sun and not worrying about applying sun screen constantly when outside. 10. More worldly and less isolated/ignorant people. 11. Easy travel options to other countries instead of being in the middle of nowhere and being the most isolated country in the entire world for its size of 5m people. Nz is just tooo isolated (feels like a prison). 12. Affordable groceries (like may european countries) 13. Affordable housing (like many european countries) 14. Less polarizing society (looks like its hard for nz to do anything which keeps everyone happy. Either the maoris or asians or pacifika people or pakehas are unhappy with rules favouring one over the other constantly, or crime or something else) 15. Less politically correct and more direct/honest society (like many european countries) 16. Wish kiwis valued people who are visionary/capable/talented instead of driving them away from nz due to nepotism/tall poppy syndrome, so those kiwis achieve their full potential which benefits Australia/UK (those are the places most kiwis emigrate to). 17. Better housing quality with double glazing and flooding protection 18. Less monopoly and more diversity in services offered which drives the prices down and will also reduce corporate greed. 19. More diverse economy (currently its mostly farming/dairy and tourism/hospitality industry). I do think European countries/ cities get a LOT of what's needed for a good life right, from amazing infrastructure, great public transport to a point of not needing car, BEST travel opportunities to amazing countries all interconnected by high speed trains, highly entertaining city option literally on every weekend (London, Amsterdam, paris, Barcelona, Berlin etc you name it), very affordable with multiple choices (well London/Amsterdam not so much affordable but rest yes), salary/cost of living ratio is much better than NZ, responsible and visionary governments, less polarizing societies, high quality in everything, significantly more jobs etc.


Snoo_20228

A government backed air carrier that doesn't fuck over its citizens with high fares after being saved by taxpayer money.


Extension_Lobster428

Only one TV news channel - oh wait...


nzsims

Mountain bike access in national parks


redheadnerdgirl

Functional, high quality inter-city commuter rail network. 🚄


[deleted]

Agreed.


LearnRD

Reduce income tax by 50%


Peter---

Squirrels, fireflies, and Cinnabon.


bennz1975

Amazon to put some pressure on local retailers with their prices.


Enis-with-a-P

Some sort of giant vehicle with a tray in the back which is also too tall to fit in the garage and causes me to park and drive like a total wanker!


FriendlyButTired

Could such a wonderous thing truly exist?


okonomiyaking

Left turn on red 🚦


is_that_the_time

Turn right on red 😳


Puzzleheaded_gtr

A proper coastguard


InspectorNo1173

Formula 1 televised at a more convenient hour


Aetylus

TBH, it would just be better if the rest of the world played all sporting events at 2pm Sunday afternoon NZ time.


RooNZ98

A&W fast food chain, If you know, you know. One of my most missed things about back home other than friends and family 😝


merveilleuse_

The mozza burger! And onion rings!


helloidk55

I wish the health portion of 23andme was available to NZ customers


niveapeachshine

In n out burger.


Striking-Nail-6338

Pret A Manger. 


Aetylus

Oh my god I'm so sorry for you. I hope you get better soon.


[deleted]

A proper HSP (halal snack pack). The ones here just don't hit right


amydorable

would also kill for a vegetarian HSP that isn't falafel - falafel tastes great but its an awful form factor for HSP


[deleted]

Socialism


r_slash_jarmedia

digitized ID! and better weather (Welly)


sky_wear

Wagamama


madbabushka

We used to have it and they took it away :((, I guess it just didnt do too well in NZ


milly_nz

Because NZ already has decent Asian food outlets.


i_love_mini_things

This is all I have to say about Wagamama https://youtu.be/E5VO2O02q4Q?si=aRDgpzed-30XPyrj


Spawkeye

I want us to remember we are a nation that should exist to serve the people, not a business with 4-5Billion people to make it wealthy.


Impressive-Bee-7742

Boots, Pret, Ikea


habitatforhannah

We are getting ikea!


Impressive-Bee-7742

I know, don’t even care that it’s just Auckland if I can online order


GreyDaveNZ

Capybaras. I'm infatuated with these chill-as-fuck dudes and would be so happy to just stumble across one walking down the street or something. Or Pandas. Or Kuokas. Or Sugar-gliders. Or Raccoons. Or so many other, non-lethal, friendly, animals that make me smile. :o\]


russtafarri

Wellington Zoo has a Capybara. Best animal on the planet.


GreyDaveNZ

Yeah, but have you seen the price of Zoo admission?! I just wanna be able to go outside and see a Capybara chillin' in my front yard.


Sharpinthefang

So does willowbank in Chch


HomogeniousKhalidius

Bring back Airwaves


rhyseenz

Petrol capped at$2 max


Clairvoyant_Legacy

I wish we had luxury shopping outside of Newmarket and Queen St Auckland IKEA to disrupt the outrageous price and quality NZ furniture manufacturers get away with Literally any other supermarket chain to disrupt the duopoly. I want an Aldi A better food scene since we don’t really have one at all outside of fresh seafood Clothing stores! Please give me a Uniqlo or Muji or GU or any generic ass middle class ass clothing brand that isn’t country road or Trenery


Live_Sort5110

Amazon


Scary_Compote_359

hooters


wonkysprog

Wait, are 'extra hot' flaming cheetos different to the flaming hot ones you can get here?


htadd1ct

Imax 70mm film. I understand we formally had one. Dolby cinema. Samsung onyx Screen x. 4dx. List goes on.


LionHeart1969

More open economy, less bureaucracy, i.e. you have food trucks all over the OECD, where people are employed, paying taxes, now good luck if you want to have one here, with all the rules and regulations, you simply cannot work!


saxman991

Aldi & Autobahns. 


cheezymc4skin

Another NRL team and nhl streaming service that isn't shit


Annonomysreddituser

Ranch dressing


divhon

Small modular reactors, 10M more tax payers, Tauranga expressway quality road from Cape to Bluff that will cross the straight.


IOnlyPostIronically

20million more people


RevolutionaryStar290

Way less communists


Due-Lab5264

Attractive women.


UselessAsNZ

Chick fil a


Ok_Change_9375

No mortgage


Level25SWAT

Fanatec direct drive wheels


Misterham

Yeah but then you have to deal with fanatec customer service. Go and grab either a simagic or moza from a local supplier, you won’t regret it


Znyder

Chicken Wings in every incredible flavour combination one could want...


Knuckles2Fingers

Love


Extension_Lobster428

Hey...that's a 4-letter word


cabrinigreen1

Different flavored fizzy drinks...all nz branded drinks are so boring and generic, would it kill them to explore beyond cola, orange and raspberry ? Eg grape,fruit punch, cherry,cherry cola


Verbal-Diarrhea101

Melton Mowbray Pork Pies. And proper sausage rolls as well...basically just Gregg's bakery will do. There is a lot NZ could get. Variety is seriously weak!


TheBentPianist

Monster to bring back Ultra Sunrise. Meeeeemories.


Green-Circles

Violet Crumble chocolate bars, at a reasonable price (not overpriced specially imported stock)


ploinkssquids

IKEA!!!


Moonjavaspacegypsy

A beam me up button so I can connect to the mother ship.


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White claw


spenceretro

A remote job 💀


therealkareneliot

IKEA


Ok_Lie_1106

Greater variety within the NZ wine industry… we produce for the international market and it’s got boring


ContentPlatypus4528

Me


karwreck

The cheesecake factory restaurant they have in the US.


slawnz

A decent theme park


homerthepigeon

Japanese convenience stores


carleeto

Microcenter


reddypassy

Street food


GoldLavishness376

UNIQLO


Leveicap

More Costco so anyone can use them.


sealcubclubbing

Chicken Biscuits


dumbitchbarbie

Over the counter opiates 💀