This book is a study of New Zealand shaking off its quasi-colonial dependence on Britain. Has New Zealand moved beyond its colonial heritage? Is it now time to remove the Union Jack from the national flag and change to a Republic? Hall analyses the three decades after World War II when changes...

Intro -- Emerging From an Entrenched Colonial Economy -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 General -- 1.2 Primary Producers: A Conservative or Innovative Community? -- 1.3 Chapter Themes -- 1.4 Sources -- 2 Changing Relationships...