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Big or small?

Sir, — The Prime Minister (Mr Muldoon) may have been low spirited in branding New Zealand a “very small country” (“The Press,” May 6). This description is as unrealistic from a geographical viewpoint as it is disheartening. Can a 268,680 square kilometre chunk of the earth’s surface be called very small? In fact there are more than s 60 independent countries smaller than New Zealand, including the United Kingdom, but these do not persist in emphasising their “smallness.” Is it really of consequence whether a country has three million or 30 million citizens when today the output of man-produced energy is measured in megatons, and silicon chips “think” and calculate incredibly faster than the brain of a genius? I can see no reason why New Zealand motor vehicles should not display on their number plates with big lettering — G.N.Z. — Yours, etc., J. ARLOV. May 6, 1980.

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Press, 8 May 1980, Page 20

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Big or small? Press, 8 May 1980, Page 20

Big or small? Press, 8 May 1980, Page 20