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Charlotte's avatar

I’m so sorry to say (NZ is lovely), that your country is no longer a partner to the 5 eyes (Intelligence partnership between Australia, UK, Canada &US) because of Jacinda Ardern’s insistence on keeping excellent contacts with the CCP. From that point on, NZ was on a slippery slope.

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Mark Sanders's avatar

Yes, there's another bull in a china shop for us, over the years, we have created a dangerous stategic dependence on China, particularly as our agricultural export is such a high proportion of our GDP, and large scale foreign investment in our primary land assets sold to overseas interests (not just chinese). Greedy eyes have long been cast over our nation here, and that has only been heightened since Zealandia was classified as a vast submerged continent, of which NZ and New Caledonia / Vanuatu are the only parts with land. It does however vastly expand NZ's exclusive economic zone. Yes, the 5 eyes, though there was some backlash against that when NZ wouldn't join our partners in statements condemning China's human rights. I think that we are all on a slippery slope now, but it seems here we are at the forefront of it all !

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