Does anyone know?

This week New Zealand is hosting one of the most important international gatherings it will have been part of for some time.

No, it is not a meeting of the Five Eyes intelligence and espionage partners. Nor is it anything to do with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, nor any of our bilateral relations.

It is a meeting of the D5, the grouping of the world’s five most digitally advanced governments — Britain, Estonia, South Korea, Israel and New Zealand, and it comes as New Zealand completes its term as chair of the D5, a position it has held since November 2016. Most people will probably be quite unaware of its existence.

The D5 countries work together to share their knowledge and experiences,