New Zealand and Australia’s natural and mutual trust sets their efforts for a closer relationship apart from many other countries. The idea of a common Europe was seen as a solution to bitter conflict which has divided people and nations over several centuries. In North America, the Canadian...

An address to the Department of Conservation seminar “Whale Tales – From Whaling to Whale Watching”, delivered in Nelson on 11 March 2005. The address traces New Zealand’s relationship with whaling and the International Whaling Commission. It discusses the implications of a resumption of...