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KIWIS AMONG THE WORLD'S HAPPIEST PEOPLE

Monday October 7th, 2013

New Zealanders are some of the happiest, most positive people in the world, a new global study has found.

Kiwis smile and laugh more than most people, while being well-rested and feeling that they are treated with respect.

New Zealand is ranked 15th, alongside Canada, in the annual Gallup poll entitled 'Positive Experience Index' which measured positive emotions in 143 countries last year.

People in war-torn Syria and and post-war Iraq are the least likely in the world to report experiencing positive emotions.

Australia (75 per cent), the UK (76 per cent) and the US (77 per cent) were also ranked below New Zealand's 79 per cent on the index.

But Latin Americans, particularly those who live in Paraguay and Venezuela (86 per cent) top the table.

The results come just two weeks after Kiwis were ranked among the happiest people in the world, coming 13th out of 156 nations examined in the latest United Nations World Happiness Report.

Source: ODT.co.nz

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