Most of the world doesn't realise it, but New Zealand is actually a social-engineering test ground, where harsh social and economic reforms are tested on a compact population before being imposed in other areas of the world.

By way of example, the economic reforms in Russia following the downfall of Communism were overseen by two New Zealanders who had earlier carried out similar reforms back home. The anarchy resulting in Russia is the result.

First Knights: an investigation of the New Zealand Business Roundtable, tracks the involvement in this experimentation of the Roundtable, an organisation that appears to have significant political influence.