>>http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/new-zealand/5676/nz-government-aligns-more-closely-with-us-amid-ris/
>>You might want to read this. Some rather interesting points in there.

Interesting indeed from a Fijian demagogue publication... however did you find it?!

I particularly liked the references to "the political establishment’s embrace of US warmongering" and to NZ's "ruling elite" and "imperialist" interests, all very amusing... but not normally the sort of article I thought you'd go for!

Re China: NZ was the first Western country to sign a Free Trade agreement with China and it's a pretty good relationship. NZ also had great relations with Fiji until their military began staging coups to overturn democratically elected government, most recently in 2006. NZ called for restoration of democracy and ever since there has been a stream of invective with NZ insisting that lifting of travel bans against the ruling elite and normal relations require democracy to be restored or at least signs that an election actually is being prepared, which now is scheduled for September 2014.

FWIW, the Spratlys isn't the only reef dispute: Fiji has its own reef dispute with Tonga. Tonga recently occupied the reef, an action that a Fjiian press release said was caused by NZ and Australia to subvert the path towards democracy in Fiji. Perhaps NZ also is responsible for the Spratlys dispute as part of imperialist efforts to prevent democracy in Fiji.