1. NEW ZEALAND IN THE PACIFIC John Overton

2. Outline: 1.A Colonial Domain 2.Decolonisation 3.The ‘Arc of Instability’ 4.The New Zealand ‘Realm’

3. 1. A COLONIAL DOMAIN Richard Seddon: NZ as “the Britain of the South”

5. 1. A COLONIAL DOMAIN Richard Seddon Hector Larsen

6. Pack up a thug, and the one that he loves. To Niue 'cross the Pacific, to enforce administration. With bigotry, Empire’s pride, colonial rule, Island style. A hefty fist, judicial smile, the Crown sends in Larsen. Hector Larsen from Bug my Ride by mr sterile Assembly 2009Bug my Ride mr sterile Assembly

7. 1. A COLONIAL DOMAIN Richard Seddon Hector Larsen Mau

9. 2. DECOLONISATION Samoa 1962... A Negotiated Process Constitutional Legacies Remaining Questions?

10. 3. THE ‘ARC OF INSTABILITY’ Refocusing on Melanesia Coups, corruption and crisis Poverty alleviation and aid

11. Target 5.A Reduce by three-quarters, between 1990 and 2015, the maternal mortality ratio Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births 1990 2008 Developing Regions 450 290 Sub-Saharan Africa 870 640 Latin America and the Caribbean 140 85 Eastern Asia 110 41 Southern Asia 590 280 South-Eastern Asia 380 160 Oceania 290 230 Developed Regions 16 14

12. Ranking of NZ ODA Recipients 198519901995200020062010 1Cook Islands PNGSolomon Islands 2SamoaNiue SamoaPNG 3FijiPNGSamoaIndonesia Tokelaus 4NiueSamoaPNGNiue Vanuatu 5TongaFijiTongaTokelaus Niue 6IndonesiaTokelaus Cook IslandsTonga 7PNGIndonesiaFijiSolomon IslandsSamoaIndonesia 8TokelausTongaIndonesiaTongaVanuatu Samoa 9VanuatuSolomon Islands VanuatuCook Islands 1010 Solomon IslandsVanuatu Fiji

13. 3. THE ‘ARC OF INSTABILITY’ Refocusing on Melanesia Coups, corruption and crisis Poverty alleviation and aid A region in need?

15. 2. THE NEW ZEALAND ‘REALM’ The ‘Realm’ and the ‘Realm territories’ Suburbs of NZ Implications for relationships