I have no reason to believe this is the reason, but New Zealand does benefit from the movie industry:
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Category:Films_shot_in_New_Zealand" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Category:Films_shot_in_New_Zea...</a><p>Keep in mind a 6 company oligarchy controls almost all of the media coming out of the United States.<p>The United States has a lot more resources than New Zealand. So there are plenty of other ways for them to incentivize cooperation. I just thought I&#x27;d throw out this random fact that a significant amount of films are shot there.