Compared to America, most liberal democracies with developed welfare systems don’t fare badly for many things. But please let’s not pretend New Zealand is a bastion of equality on the basis of having had two female PMs.

1. NZ gave women the right to vote, not for human rights reasons, but because it was hoped that women would vote in a referendum prohibiting the sale of alcohol.

He should have gone with Michelangelo, and been a party dude.