Despite the long flight, a 14-day cruise from Sydney to Auckland checks all the sight-seeing, cultural and culinary boxes.

The 24-acre, nonprofit facility cares for over 200 native Australian animals, including the cute and not so cuddly Tasmanian ... ringtail possum, echidna and tawny frogmouth.

But early last Wednesday, as soon as Trump’s chief rottweiler at the Zelensky savaging metamorphosised into a cuddly Irish setter, it was clear this day was going in a wholly different direction.