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Kōrero: United States and New Zealand

Not sharing the load?

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Not sharing the load?

New Zealand's refusal to allow nuclear-armed or -powered ships into its waters was not warmly received by either the United States or Australia. This cartoon by Alan Moir, published in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1986, suggested that David Lange of New Zealand was not sharing in the heavy lifting being undertaken by Bob Hawke of Australia and Ronald Reagan of the US.

Cartoon courtesy of Alan Moir, Sydney Morning Herald.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: H-652-006

by Alan Moir

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Ayson rāua ko Jock Phillips, United States and New Zealand – Nuclear-free 1980s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/32902/not-sharing-the-load (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Ayson rāua ko Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 14 March 2012.