"Cowcocky' view
(By ALAN GRAHAM. N.Z.P.A. staff correspondent)
LONDON, June 21.
A largely sympathetic view of the historical reasons for New Zealand’s dependence on the British market for primary produce was taken at the week-end in a long “Sunday Times” article written by a staff reporter, David Holden, after a visit to New Zealand.
Covering 11 columns and described as a look at the mood of New Zealanders on the eve of the Luxemburg negotiations, Holden’s article concluded that there was a gap between the official view of the negotiations and the “cow-cocky” view.
The latter was: “If Britain wants to sell us out, that’s her business. All right, we tell her to get stuffed and give our trade preferences to Japan. We won’t starve. And it’s time we stood on our own two feet anyway.”
Holden said that such apparent complacency was partly due to ignorance and partly due to the feet that in spite of a barrage of information many people were understandably baffled by the complexities of the Common Market
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19710622.2.2
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32639, 22 June 1971, Page 1
Word Count
173"Cowcocky' view Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32639, 22 June 1971, Page 1
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.