i'm up way too early for Sunday...

The long sought secret to fertility must be here in New Zealand, if the Associated Press is as reliable a source as they espouse to be...

Obama’s Election Inspires an Indigenous Party in New Zealand

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: November 7, 2008

"...Maori account for 15 percent of New Zealand’s population of 3.4 million, and they are among the country’s poorest, worst housed and least healthy citizens, enduring higher than average unemployment rates."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/world/asia/08zealand.html

New Zealand Leader Concedes Defeat

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: November 8, 2008

Filed at 7:20 a.m. ET

"John Key, a 47-year-old multimillionaire former foreign currency trader and leader of the conservative National Party, swept easily to power in this South Pacific country of 4.1 million people. He did so by ousting Prime Minister Helen Clark's Labour Party."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-AS-New-Zealand-Election.html

So that would be an increase of 700,000 (20.58%) in 24 hours...?