"In my reality--which, be it clear, I am not claiming was ever your reality, or the reality we're in right now--the waters to the south of us are the Cook Strait, and on the other side of it is a normal and pleasant and peaceful democracy known as New Zealand.  There is no Old Zealand.  Perhaps there never was."

"In my reality--which, be it clear, I am not claiming was ever your reality, or the reality we're in right now--the waters to the south of us are the Cook Strait, and on the other side of it is a normal and pleasant and peaceful democracy known as New Zealand.  No one in my memory has ever spoken of an Old Zealand, and perhaps there was never such a place."