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Why would you think that? New Zealand doesn't have for-profit prisons AFAIK. I think the US has the worst prisons.
I think they were just making a Lord of the Rings joke because the movies were filmed in New Zealand. I don't think they really believe that New Zealand prisons are bad.
What does LoTR have to do with prisons? The only "prison" featured was the Tower of Isengard. It had one prisoner who escaped because there were no walls.
Isn't that where they filmed the Lord of the Rings movies?
...Yes.
And where they're making smoking tobacco illegal. And where they had a female PM for years. And where they lead a very successful COVID education campaign, better than probably any other country in the world.