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Seafarers’ Union poster

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Seafarers’ Union poster

Many nations protect their domestic trades through ‘cabotage’, restricting foreign competition. In 1994, however, New Zealand opened up its coastal trades, to the dismay of local shipowners and the maritime unions.

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Reference: Eph-A-Ship-2003-01-front

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Gavin McLean, Shipping – Recent developments, 1980s onwards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/5786/seafarers-union-poster (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Gavin McLean, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 January 2016.