[aMorePerfectUnion]

Never been quite sure why the progs all want to live there, aside from a belief they will be safe from nuclear fallout. The earthquakes and volcanoes decided me against it. Kiwis take it in stride, though. One of the geothermal areas, Rotorua, stinks like parts of Yellowstone, but no one seems to mind and they heat with the sulfur steam. Maoris even cook with it in traditional pit ovens without tainting the meat.

Not just progs. I know many conservatives who moved there.

Civil society.
Post social wars.
More H2O per capita than any country.
Net exporter of food
Closer to the shift in wealth to asia
Away from war zones.
Not on the way anywhere except the bottom of the earth.
Flat tax structure. Only national taxation and no "state" layer.
No estate tax
No capital gains tax.
Commonwealth state with property rights
Absolutely beautiful.

[Keyhopper]

So we exile the progs to NZ, Import the kiwis, then deport all the undesirables ( ms13, illegals, and our lawbreakers)
I’m sure all the progs and their new friends can make a paradise.

[Axenolith]

I find it interesting that elites would head there without some certain knowledge that China wouldn’t have the capability of taking NZ and Australia in any type of post northern hemisphere SHTF scenarios.