NZ scores fifth place in world prosperity stakes

New Zealand has been ranked the world's fifth-most-prosperous country, with the highest level of education and civil liberties, by an international think-tank.

But Kiwis' belief in their economy and society appears to lag well behind.

The Legatum Institute, part of a Dubai investment group, issued its annual prosperity index yesterday.

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