<< New Zealand is majority British descent (that is, English. "We" [Recent immigrants] don't have too many Scots descents apart from the Otago region) and hey, New Zealanders love the welfare state to death. >>
Bullshit.
New Zealand was created and built on their own and some [A few] every-bit-as-noble Maoris [And one Wairarapa Moriori's] piled-up balls, by Celts.
The bulk of the bloody English - including, apparently some of their cheap and poor Hong-Kong-cloned Xerox copies and facsimiles - came late. [Mostly post-Britain's-WW-II Singapore-like series of surrenders -- and a couple post-its-June 1997 Hong Kong re-run!]
And, in the inimitable English way of doing things - immediately he disembarked from his Celtic-New-Zealander-taxpayer-subsidised Ten Pound Ship every single one of the disgruntled, ne'er-do-well, idle bastards became a bloody union shop steward - and has since -- and especially since all the Celts moved to Australia and to the United States to escape all and every whining Limey -- totally f****ed it all up.
,,, how long has it been since I heard of the ten quid tourist? Curse many, but not all of them.
Your tripping, there's nothing noble about Maoridom, they are the biggest parasites on the NZ economy and judicial system, ever.
As for your systemtemtic use of the Singapore surrender, take note that the Aussies gave up and didn't fight when the Japsd got behind their lines, they were far too busy getting drunk and looting to put up a fight.
There's only one unit that deserves any honour from Singapore, the one that put up a fight, and it's not a ANZAC unit. It's British.
You Kiwi's are are self important twats, piss poor at what you do and shallow too boot.