Kōrero: Shipping

Seafarers’ Union poster

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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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-Ship-2003-01-front

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.

Courtesy of the Maritime Union of New Zealand

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Gavin McLean, 'Shipping - Recent developments, 1980s onwards', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/5786/seafarers-union-poster (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Gavin McLean, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006, updated 1 Jan 2016