Trade and globalization are merely the vehicles that foster competition, whose application and benefits currently are nowhere more evident than here, today, in the United States. Confronted face-on, no one likes competition; certainly, I did not when I was a private consultant vying with other consulting firms.
Our roots are our legislation, outlining our purpose and giving us strength (legality and operational rights) and well-being (resourcing). The money we print and circulate for New Zealand is the sap that flows through Te Pūtea Matua, ensuring New Zealanders have a means of exchange, a store of value, and a currency that is hard to replicate.