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This is the cool thing about NZ. They're so geographically out of play, they can do/say whatever, geopolitically, without anyone caring.
What's someone gonna do? Go fight them out in the carpark ten blocks away just to get absolutely nothing out of it?
I think the only time they upset someone was when they disallowed bringing nuclear vessels and aircraft into their territory.
USA: "You'll regret that."
NZ: "Meh..."
Three decades on, NZ still just chillin'. No need for the protection of the Pacific fleet lol