" First, NZ does domestic security a result of an international agreement a couple of years ago."
It must be extraordinarily discreet as on a recent flight from Napier to Auckland there was no overt security at all. In fact, there was no apparent change in this regard from the first flight I made on this route.
The last trip was in a Saab. The first was a Lockheed Lodestar when we were more concerned about mag failure than deranged Somali women . . . 'Tis a strange world in which we dwell.