iTunes applications restricted to US store

What possible reason can developers (Apple?) have for restricting an application like Grocery IQ to the US store?  I would have purchased this, but it’s not available in the NZ store.  I can’t see any reason that it wouldn’t work just as well here.
(I can understand that annoying legalities prevent applications like Puzzlotto being sold, [...]

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Universal Student Allowances Revisited (verdict: still bad)

Quite some time ago, I wrote a post rebutting the popular idea of a universal (tertiary) student allowance, suggesting a better alternative.  Since the NZ Labour Party has resurrected this terrible idea as their latest election bride (hopefully the NZ public are not stupid enough to fall for the same trick twice…), I figured I [...]

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