''The simple fact is that no set of policies can quarantine New Zealand from the outside influences of a hyperglobalised world.'' James points out that New Zealand is no longer just in the Pacific; it is becoming of the Pacific. ''There is no foregone conclusion but, even amid global disorder, there is a trajectory which points to an eventually more 'global' world.'' Fact fileA life member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, Colin James is a political journalist of more than 40 years experience. He writes a weekly column in the Otago Daily Times.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 27, 2017 18:11 UTC