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It’s time to be less welcoming
New Zealanders are very polite. The English are supposed to be the gold standard for polite, but I know one and he isn’t. Mind you, he’s from Yorkshire. Kiwis are loathe to be rude or inhospitable, we don’t like to offend (unless it’s on social media). New …