Story: Overseas trade policy

This March 1958 cartoon from theTaranaki Daily News depicts Britain as an elderly fellow talking to the young New Zealander about the hard-nosed nature of business. Out the window cranes are loading produce from other countries – not including New Zealand. On the wall are reminders of New Zealand’s recent sacrifices for Britain. At the time New Zealand was struggling to gain access for all of its butter exports to Britain, while Britain was increasingly looking to trade with nearby Europe.
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Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, Overseas trade policy – New Zealand, Britain and the EEC, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/21985/no-sentiment-in-business (accessed 28 October 2025).
Story by Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, published 12 April 2010.