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There’s no two ways about it, that didn’t go well for the Australian sides on the weekend.
In many ways – so many ways, in fact – the Round 2 whitewash was harder to take than the on the opening weekend of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman. In Round 1, we had a couple of finalists thrown straight back on the horse, and a couple of teams who hadn’t played for more than a fortnight. One of them lost two coaches along the way.
You can tell a lot about a country by the way its government budgets.
The New Zealand budget was delivered on 20th May. In terms of overall economic policy settings it mirrors Australia’s.
The Lowy Institute believes New Zealand has done better at containing the pandemic, but, like Australia, experienced major economic disruptions and a big increase in government debt as a result of its fight against the pandemic.
Like Australia, New Zealand’s unemployment rate grew rapidly following lockdowns and restrictions but has now fallen to 4.7%, taking it even lower than Australia’s 5.5%. The budget forecasts are strong.
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Another thing to envy about New Zealand, besides its ultra-low COVID infection rates and generous parental leave policies? Its real fruit ice cream, which
blends vanilla ice cream with fresh fruit to order, creating a vibrant ice cream with the smooth texture of soft serve. Thankfully,
one of Portlandâs most well-known purveyors of New Zealand-style real fruit ice cream, Nico Vergara (formerly one of the owners of ice cream cart Zedâs Ice Cream) is opening up shop soonâthis time on his own as
. Starting this month, Vergara will kick off the summer season with half-pints sold in shops, a series of fruit ice cream pop-ups, and a spinoff called Nicoâs at Night, which will blend vanilla ice cream with breakfast cereal. A North Portland ice cream cart is also in the works for the summer.Â