Brian Burger wrote:

If pilot-boy had arranged to have a few hundred litres of 100LL shipped
down beforehand, he'd have had less difficulty. As it is, why should the
Yanks or Kiwis bail him out?

It's probably not that simple. He wasn't planning to end up where he
did, my understanding is it was his 3rd choice. It's probably not
feasible to send fuel to all the places you MIGHT end up. I suspect if
you didn't use it you would also have to pay to ship it out again too
- they probably don't want barrels of avgas sitting around there
indefinitely.