I think it's inevitable that New Zealand will become a republic and that would reflect the reality that New Zealand is a totally sovereign-independent 21st century nation 12,000 miles from the United Kingdom.
In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.
Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.
Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks.
Well, there have been periods in the past when prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were at each others' throats publicly and frequently. That's not productive at all.
If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of donor interest in countries that are seen as particularly fragile - but it becomes harder to mobilise money for sub-Saharan, plain poor countries.
