<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by RTW4:
Such a shame that the NZ dollar is so strong. Who knows however if it will become weaker in the next couple of months as the prices were quite good in Oct of 2002</font>
While the NZ$ is up about 17% since October, 2002, and 30% in the past year, most other currencies are also 15-25% more expensive than a year ago. It is the US$ that is in the tank relative to just about everything else out there.