It's possible to tell the history of New Zealand as a history of foreign investment. Kupe showed up with a waka hourua and a couple of kunekune pigs, and we've been importing foreign capital to New Zealand ever since. We've never looked back, and it is absolutely critical that we don't rely purely on the savings of New Zealanders to capitalise the businesses, the farms, and the firms that make New Zealand prosperous. A little while later, after Kupe's arrival, Sir Joseph Ward, the then finance Minister, later Prime Minister, had to go to London and beg for favourable terms for credit so that New Zealand could actually expand and capitalise its infrastructure. 