Originally Posted by
rjpurgatory
I am familiar with your description - "husky" is a rather accurate adjective. No offense to anyone - the wood carving is awesome and I am grateful that part of their unique culture is thriving in the modern world.
rj, ok about dojetdriver's comment "But like A LOT of NZ women, then tend to run a little "husky", or larger rather".
That is a subjective statement; and it really it depends on what you consider "A LOT" to be... is that 1000 or 1,000,000?
Speaking in general, dojetdriver's description would not apply to most NZ'ers.
Here's some facts:
Population:
4,115,771 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.8% (male 437,547/female 417,698)
15-64 years: 67.3% (male 1,393,057/female 1,378,358)
65 years and over: 11.9% (male 214,189/female 274,922) (2007 est.)
Median age:
total: 34.2 years
male: 33.5 years
female: 35 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groups:
European 69.8%, Maori 7.9%, Asian 5.7%, Pacific islander 4.4%, other 0.5%, mixed 7.8%, unspecified 3.8% (2001 census)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/nz.html
http://www.stats.govt.nz/people/default.htm
Husky chicks and all, it's still a great country. You should make a to trip New Zealand someday and see for yourself.