Australian High Commission

The commission’s site provides links to official documents on the relationship with New Zealand.

Christchurch City Libraries – Trans-Tasman ties

The libraries’ site includes links to further information on New Zealand–Australia relations.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

MFAT’s site includes an overview of New Zealand’s relations with Australia.

New Zealand country brief

An Australian view of relations with New Zealand, from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

James, Colin. ‘Foreign and family: the Australian connection – sensible sovereignty or niggling nationalism?’ In New Zealand and the world: the major foreign policy issues, 2005–2010, edited by Brian Lynch. Wellington: NZIIA, 2006, pp. 29–37.

McLean, Denis. The prickly pair: making nationalism in Australia and New Zealand. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 2003.

Mein Smith, Philippa. ‘New Zealand.’ In The centenary companion to Australian federation, edited by Helen Irving. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1999, 400–405.

Mein Smith, Philippa. ‘The Tasman world.’ In The New Oxford history of New Zealand, edited by Giselle Byrnes. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2009, 297–319.

Mein Smith, Philippa, Peter Hempenstall and Shaun Goldfinch. Remaking the Tasman world. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2008.

Sinclair, Keith. A destiny apart: New Zealand’s search for national identity. Wellington: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, 1986.

Sinclair, Keith, ed. Tasman relations: New Zealand and Australia, 1788–1988. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1987.