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NEW ZEALAND IN THE PACIFIC John Overton. Outline: A Colonial Domain Decolonisation The ‘Arc of Instability’ The New Zealand ‘Realm’. Richard Seddon: NZ as “the Britain of the South”. 1. A COLONIAL DOMAIN. Richard Seddon Hector Larsen. 1. A COLONIAL DOMAIN.
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NEW ZEALAND IN THE PACIFIC John Overton
Outline: • A Colonial Domain • Decolonisation • The ‘Arc of Instability’ • The New Zealand ‘Realm’
Richard Seddon: NZ as “the Britain of the South” 1. A COLONIAL DOMAIN
Richard Seddon • Hector Larsen 1. A COLONIAL DOMAIN
Pack up a thug, and the one that he loves. To Niue 'cross the Pacific, to enforce administration. With bigotry, Empire’s pride, colonial rule, Island style. A hefty fist, judicial smile, the Crown sends in Larsen. Hector Larsen from Bug my Ride by mr sterile Assembly 2009
Richard Seddon • Hector Larsen • Mau 1. A COLONIAL DOMAIN
Samoa 1962 ... • A Negotiated Process • Constitutional Legacies • Remaining Questions? 2. DECOLONISATION
Refocusing on Melanesia • Coups, corruption and crisis • Poverty alleviation and aid 3. THE ‘ARC OF INSTABILITY’
Target 5.A Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births 1990 2008 Developing Regions 450 290 Sub-Saharan Africa 870 640 Latin America and the Caribbean 140 85 Eastern Asia 110 41 Southern Asia 590 280 South-Eastern Asia 380 160 Oceania 290 230 Developed Regions 16 14
Refocusing on Melanesia • Coups, corruption and crisis • Poverty alleviation and aid • A region in need? 3. THE ‘ARC OF INSTABILITY’
The ‘Realm’ and the ‘Realm territories’ • Suburbs of NZ • Implications for relationships 2. THE NEW ZEALAND ‘REALM’