Papa Mike

I know there are more prosecutions in the pipeline.

And I think part of my story was we need to go to the customs minister, who is Casey Costello.

and say, you know, there shouldn't be any export of raw panama out of this country.

I mean, what is the point of that?

I mean, obviously, if you've bought a beautiful gift, if you bought a heitiki or some other, you know, a statue or something like that, and it's been carved and it's, you know, there's been some value added to it from here in New Zealand,

Well, then, yeah, that's a gift.

That's a tonga.

That's fine.

But not raw panamu.

That's a really good question.

I don't even think that there is.

I think it's just something that was put in place years ago.

It can be challenged.

Yeah, it can be challenged.

So I know that Naito are working towards that now.

They're trying to get that rule changed.

I think that would be great.

So, yeah, it's been a really interesting story and a good result, and hopefully it stops this illegal export of panama.

I'm not sure about the trafficking of panama with drugs, though.

But the more you tighten these things up and put a spotlight on them, the more opportunity you've got of stopping the illegal trade of it.