Jul 12, 2007

New Zealand

One of the really good things about New Zealand is that it hasn't developed a strong cultural nationalism. That's because of the Maori/Pakeha split and because it was in England's shadow for so long. Obviously there's a strong patriotism focussed on the All Blacks, the country's physical charm etc, but that falls far short of the kind of nationalist/xenophic pride of Australia or the US for instance.