[Politically Correct]

Well, Duh!

[occamrzr06]

Just as Kazakhstan is part of Russian, I’d have said.

[Popman]

The official must has been hired from the TSA...

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

A KIWI tourist says she was detained in Kazakhstan after immigration officials refused to believe New Zealand was a country, insisting it was actually a state of Australia.

Obviously democrats who went to school in downtown Chicago under common core and then went to work for the govt of Kazakhstan, using obama as a reference.

[SeeSharp]

The immigration official got his job because he is the third cousin of the second wife of the eight son of the driver of the President’s dog groomer.

[Tai_Chung]

Why would anyone choose Kazakhstan over New Zealand?

[marron]

Now watch the Aussie consul say “New Zealand? Never heard of it”.

Just to mess with the guy.

[moovova]

Not funny.

Well, maybe a little.

[GreyFriar]

Right up there with officials in this country who think that Washington, DC, is part of the South American country Columbia.

[Tennessee Nana]

LOL

My birth certificate says it is...

However geographically it is a series of islands...

North Island, South Island, West Island (Oh no that’s called Australia), Stewart island, Hen and Chicken Islands, Cook islands, Fiji, etc

and is part of the Polynesia..

But although there is no typical country land mass, New Zealand is still considered a country...

New Zealand is not and never has been a state/province of Australia...

It never was intended to ever be...

While Australia was to continue to only be a penal colony, New Zealand was from the start a settled country...

I used to have a New Zealand passport...no mention of Australia...

The ignorance is strong in that one...

[Tennessee Nana]

PING

[Deplorable American1776]

I thought only Americans* didn't know geography.

*The people from the Government Indoctrination Center, not homeschoolers.

[Mashood]

I have to agree with the Kazakhstani on this one...New Zealanders are not to be trusted. They are a secretive bunch and in all probability, a state of Australia.

[bus man]

The real question is why any woman from a First World country would want to visit any of the ‘stans.

[AlaskaErik]

I've been to Almaty twice. Once, to take back three Gitmo detainees and a second time to transport a group of Kazakh soldiers to Afghanistan. The one thing I remember is the huge wheel hats that were worn by the Kazakh officials who met us at the plane. They must have been 18 inches in diameter.

[bgill]

Anyone tourist heading to Kazakhstan gets what they deserve.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Eventually, with the help of contacts in Kazakhstan, Ms Phillips was able to secure a new visa, a US passport and an exchange of cash that allowed her to escape detention and enter the country, where she ended up staying for six months.

Does this mean she can now come here, register and vote in our elections?

There's something fishy about this story. The NZ Honorary Consul in Khazakstan is located at 247 Rozybakiev Street,Bostandyk District 050060, Almaty, Almaty City. They don't have a phone number listed, just an e-mail address. She should have been able to call +7 495 956 3579, the NZ embassy in Moscow, for assistance. This is the sort of informatoin one should keep on their smart phone and written in an address book when traveling to excrement pit countries.

[Vaquero]

Special 70gm New Zealand coin

[JayAr36]

Kiwi tourist detained as Kazakhstan officials say New Zealand is not a country

Is the TSA in Kazakhstan too?

[minnesota_bound]

Just because New Zealanders are funny looking and live in sides of hills does not mean they are not a country.
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