But the reason we will oppose it is primarily one of philosophy and principle, which is that the bill locks in the status quo, which is a highly restrictive regime in which New Zealand is locked away in splendid isolation at the bottom of the world. Some have called it the hermit kingdom, metaphorically, I think—although various commentators actually regard it as a literal description; I think it was a metaphor—but splendid isolation is not something we can continue for ever. 