Australians sometimes think our Kiwi cousins are two hours ahead but more than 20 years behind us. New Zealand is the sort of country we once were: the sort of place where you can keep your door open at night, and sheep dog trials are top-rating TV programmes.
But last week’s appalling carnage in Christchurch shows New Zealand is more than 20 years behind in other ways too.
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