Chris Luxon argues New Zealand has everything it needs to thrive: creative people, a strategic Asia-Pacific location near growing middle classes, and strong institutions like the rule of law and Westminster system. He sees no reason the country can't deliver economic, social and environmental success over the next 50 years.
I genuinely feel so optimistic and encouraged about the future that New Zealand could have in the next 50 years. I don't think there's any reason why we can't do well in the world. One, we have incredibly creative, innovative, determined, passionate people that are World Beaters 2, you know, if you were going to build a country anywhere in the world, you put a bank smack in the middle of the Asia Pacific region with all the rapidly growing middle classes of America, Asia and Australia and you know, we've got a country that's been built on a rule of law and the Westminster system and has got strong institutions and so, you know, those give you the fundamentals to say look, I appreciate things, people are frustrated but at the moment, you know, our future, there's no reason why it can't be great and there's no reason why New Zealand can't do well in the world at an economic level, a social level, an environmental level over the next 50 years.
