Maybe we should have let the Japs have their way with the kiwis....
That's the problem though - the Kiwi's know they have Australia between them and danger - just as they did in World War II.
That difference is one of the major reasons Australian and New Zealand attitudes - similar in a lot of ways - differ when it comes to the United States.
Now back in World War II, New Zealand did its share - and there's plenty of Kiwis' today who'd be willing to do so now - but there's a lot who aren't - and it's largely because they know they have a larger neighbour who has to defend them for our own interests.
Rather like Canada and the US, I would say.