New Zealanders are the eighth happiest people in the world, trailing some small European countries and Canada.
According to the latest edition of the World Happiness Report, we're marginally chirpier than our Australian neighbours in ninth place, and way happier than bottom-placed Burundi.
The results are based on roughly 1000 "life evaluations" carried out each year in each of more than 150 countries, as measured by the Gallup World Poll using something called the Cantril ladder question.
People are asked: "Please imagine a ladder, with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?"