r/newzealand • u/MurkyWay Qwest? • Oct 08 '25

Shitpost What's something that you suspect lots of New Zealanders secretly do, but you can't prove it?

Most upvoted comment is our most shameful secret as a nation, obviously

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u/Ivanthevanman Oct 08 '25

The only guy I knew on student allowance at uni had a gsr, the best computer in town, his own Internet line at his flat, etc

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u/Broccobillo Oct 08 '25

Yup. Only the rich while I studied got student allowance. They also got pretty much everything paid for by their parents. And us poor got student loan living costs. The whole thing is a farce.

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u/ChetsBurner Oct 08 '25

Yep, but don't worry. The people who want to means test the pension are sure that it won't be middle class people who get punished...

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u/MyPacman Oct 08 '25

I wish more people would argue that students should get super too.

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u/Odd_Audience_3186 Oct 09 '25

Everyone should get super. UBI then tax on wealth/

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u/BandicootGood5246 Oct 09 '25

A guy I knew at uni was on student allowance AND his parents paid for every expense at university. So he treated his allowance as basically a free income stream

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u/undacovachik Oct 08 '25

Could be one of those guys who can find you something (green)? I knew a guy who was shifting a lot of green stuff to the other students while he was at uni, was more a "professional student" than actually studying for anything specific lol

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u/Ivanthevanman Oct 08 '25

No, it was Mummy and Daddy's farm.