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Large businesses already understand the severity of disruptions and are diversifying suppliers, regionalising production, and shortening supply chains. Governments are quietly doing the same.
New Zealand sits at the far edge of the global trading system. When disruption occurs, it arrives here amplified. Photo: Getty Images
Opinion: There is something quietly absurd about a nation that feeds much of the world finding itself with nowhere to put its food.
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed a vulnerability few New Zealanders seriously contemplated: what happens when a country built to export food at scale suddenly struggles to move it offshore.
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Mary Watson‑Burton is a values consultant specialising in systems design and the creator of Inclusion Intelligence
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Eric Watson is a New Zealand entrepreneur based in Spain, with a keen eye on New Zealand’s place in global affairs.
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