@Forest_and_Bird I’m so here for this. My Melanesian friends in high places…Pipiwharauroa Shining Cuckoo, arrive some time in 3rd week of September every year where I am. Hearing the first call is magic.
@Joe_Trinder Agreed. Tourists don’t come to see the Invercargill Pipe band, they want to see expressions of Maori culture. But admit it Joe, the Invercargill Pipe Band is pretty awesome.
@bulkeley_john This is wildly incorrect. NZ has had a close, supportive relationship with our Pacific neighbours for decades when no one was interested in the Pacific. We’ve funded hundreds of projects, trained hundreds of Pasifika and are home to the largest population of Pacific people.
@SpoxCHN_MaoNing Why are Chinese war ships live firing in the Tasman Sea under a very busy flight path where airlines have to divert? This is facile power projection and intimidation.