Could be worse ... could be one of the clever young "c" cats who went overseas in the '90s thinking we was all gonna get some sneaky jet time and get a few English pounds in the bank and win the lottery ...
... and ever since then we've all been looking on in horror as the exchange rate has doubled and the kiwi house price has tripled ... getting back home seems like even more of a distant pipe dream, than it did 20 years ago