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CER: closer relations?

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CER: closer relations?

The Closer Economic Relations (CER) agreement between New Zealand and Australia was signed in 1982 and came into force in 1983. This cartoon by Bob Brockie, published in the National Business Review, reflected initial concerns about how the new free-trade agreement would work.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DX-003-086

by Bob Brockie

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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K. J. Keith, International law – New Zealand and international law: a brief history, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/38149/cer-closer-relations (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā K. J. Keith, i tāngia i te 5 June 2012.