In your FACE, Wellingtonians

[jrandom]

The Mercer 2008 Quality of Living survey ranked Auckland fifth and Wellington 13th in a list of 215 cities worldwide.

Herald article (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10515623).

Works for me.

:wari:

[Patch]

And?? :whocares:


There's more Wellingtonians in Auckland, than Dorklanders in WellyWood :finger:






oh an for the record - shut up.

[Grahameeboy]

Devonport is of course in a class of it's own:first:

[Grahameeboy]

And?? :whocares:


There's more Wellingtonians in Auckland, than Dorklanders in WellyWood :finger:





oh an for the record - shut up.

Prooves the point then....moving on now

[James Deuce]

Auckland gives meaning to the phrase; "Pacific Rim".

[Grahameeboy]

Auckland gives meaning to the phrase; "Pacific Rim".

Haha...not bad for you Jim at this early hour...still better to be "Pacific Rim" than "Bottom of the Rung":dodge:

[Pwalo]

Don't forget we have most of NZ's politicians here, including Auckland's, so I'm surprised we even managed to qualify for a lifestyle rating.

[Grahameeboy]

Don't forget we have most of NZ's politicians here, including Auckland's, so I'm surprised we even managed to qualify for a lifestyle rating.

Joking aside I love Wellington and considering the places in the world, 13th is still shit hot...I love Auckland because being from London it is still quiet and we are so close to so many wonderful places

[jrandom]

oh an for the record - shut up.

Fuck off and die, sunshine.

:hug:

[Patch]

Fuck off and die, sunshine.

:hug:
Fark - who burnt your toast tubby??

[jrandom]

Fark - who burnt your toast tubby??

No, you didn't get it - the idea was that you actually remove yourself from the premises, then quietly expire.

It's all about Auckland rating higher in the next survey due to the increased average IQ, y'know. One strives to make the world a better place.

:msn-wink:

[Patch]

No, you didn't get it - the idea was . . .
ASS U me

all I heard was blah blah blah :zzzz:. . . :violin:

[imdying]

Dan, I think he's coming on to you :o

[marioc]

They must have missed South Auckland

[jrandom]

all I heard was blah blah blah...

:laugh:

See what I mean about IQ, making the world a better place, etc?

[Patch]

:laugh:

See what I mean about IQ, making the world a better place, etc?
your worse than my fuckin sister - just never know when to shut the hell up, always gotta have the last word

blah blah jr blah fucking random blah blah blah


lucky for me I'm tone deaf

[Big Dave]

In yer eye Sydney, 10th.

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Do you believe everything you read?? lol

[007XX]

Auckland....Wellington..........Meh! I'd rather live in Taihape or Nelson, but the hard reality is, the money and my son's father are in Auckland.

I do often feel envious of all the quality art shows that go on in Wellie though. Some of the expos going on there would be fantastic up here.

[Gubb]

I'd move back to Wellington in a flash if it weren't for the promotion I received, in fact, I think we will be moving back in a year or two.

Wellington is far superior.

[Stickchick]

I'd move back to Wellington in a flash

Damn I wouldn't. Living down there for 30 odd years is enough for me thanks. I'm now a happy jaffa and wear the badge proudly :bleh:

[James Deuce]

Damn I wouldn't. Living down there for 30 odd years is enough for me thanks. I'm now a happy jaffa and wear the badge proudly :bleh:
Sounds like both regions won.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Pity it probably takes you half an hours drive to the local dairy to get your paper.

[Deano]

I'm now a happy jaffa


You're a sugar coated chocolate lolly ?

[avgas]

They must have missed South Auckland
Nah more likely NZ - they are talking about
Auckland USA
Wellington UK

[Swoop]

Pitiful troll.

1 out of 10. Must try harder.

[johan]

The 'Quality of Living index', brought to you by Mercer.

We can read at Mercer's homepage:

"Mercer is the global leader for trusted HR and related financial advice, products and services. In our work with clients, we make a positive impact on the world every day. We do this by enhancing the financial and retirement security, health, productivity and employment relationships of the global workforce."

Also:

"In 1975, Mercer became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. In 2002, we changed our corporate name to Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The company became Mercer in 2007.

What do we know about Marsh & McLennan? Here are a few lines from Wikipedia:

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) is a US-based global professional services and insurance brokerage firm. In 2007, it had over 57,000 employees and annual revenues of $12.069 billion."

A bit further down:

"On September 11, 2001 Marsh established a crisis consulting practice specializing in terrorism, with Ambassador L. Paul Bremer as Chairman and Andrew R. Daniels as President and COO. Marsh also announced a partnership with Control Risks Group to provide political risk assessment."

Who is this Bremer? Another wikipedia article:

Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941), known as Paul Bremer and also nicknamed Jerry Bremer, was named Director of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for post-war Iraq following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, replacing Jay Garner on May 6, 2003.

It gets better:

During Bremer's stay in Iraq, the Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden allegedly placed a bounty of 10,000 grams of gold on Bremer, the equivalent of $125,000 US at the time.
Bremer is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, December 14, 2004




The 'Quality of Living index' report ends:

"The war-torn Iraqi capital of Baghdad [scored] the lowest."

And who scored highest... Switzerland:

"New York-based Marsh & McLennan Companies has named Mathis Cabiallavetta as vice chair. Mr. Cabiallavetta, who has served on M&M's International Advisory Board since 1993, will work to advance the strategic development of the company's global activities. He is the former chairman of the board of directors of Union Bank of Switzerland."

"Mr. Cabiallavetta is Chairman of Marsh & McLennan Companies and a member of MMC International's Advisory Board. Prior to joining MMC in 1999, Mr. Cabiallavetta was Chairman of the Board of Union Bank of Switzerland, which became UBS AG"

Mathis Cabiallavetta (1945 - ) has been the director of Altria since: 2002 (previously named Philip Morris Companies Inc.),

UBS AG is a diversified global financial services company, with its main headquarters in Basel & Zürich, Switzerland. It is the world's largest manager of private wealth assets, "the world's biggest manager of other people's money"


sources:

bnetau
www.stuff.co.nz
www.mercer.com
www.wikipedia.org

[riffer]

You know, there's something ironic about rating one city higher than another due to the amount of planes there are available to take you as far as possible away from it.

Auckland - you're welcome to it. Would you like the politicians too while you'r eat it?

[Hitcher]

Works for me.

The assessors clearly didn't visit Mac's Bar during the Brewjolais season. Philistines.

[Timber020]

You fools, dont you see its just an attempt to keep the gullable and easily led out of the capital?