>Not making any point, but NZ must be one of the few countries where no war has been fought. (Or has it?)
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>Actually NZ was the first country where the British Empire decided it was easier to sign a treaty with the natives rather than trying to defeat them. ;-)

Not saying we (Canada) was first with treaties, but The Crown signed tons of treaties with lots of different native "nations" (in quotes because The Crown treated each as its own nation) yet they are virtually all at some level of dishonour, and not by the natives.