Aha, thanks for that key point, that does change it a lot. I missed that this was in CA and for whatever reason assumed it was all going through the NZ courts.

Aha, thanks for that key point, that does change it a lot. I missed that this was in CA and for whatever reason assumed it was all going through the NZ courts. I am sure there is some form of cross-border agreement between NZ and the US, but I don't know any details about it.