Yes, Carole, but the frigate that NZ has is only under command of Operation Enduring Freedom. It is not their to assist with Iraq.

The government and people of a nation are almost always separate. And while the government has had riffs with the US, most Kiwis are very fond of the US.

NZ would not send SAS or specialty troops to Iraq because it did not believe that diplomatic means were exhausted. This is something that most Kiwis agree with.

(I work in Parliament - I hear this stuff all day!)