What irks me when all is said and done is that Britain still thinks it has "the Empire". This comes thru initially with some Brits who settle here - and some English tourists.
Very few English people under 50 even think about the 'Empire' any more in my experience.
,,, in my experience, the bulk of people from the UK I've met (even as recently as this weekend just gone, in Napier) are over 50. They've worked out that NZ is a good holiday with our low dollar, relative safety as a longhaul destination and familiarity with English customs.
Just as a side bit of info, before Sept 11, the number of Kiwis going to the UK was down by 18% on the previous year.
54 posted on 02/21/2002 11:48:17 AM PST by shaggy eel