Money put ‘where diplomatic mouth is’
New Zealand had at last put its money where its diplomatic mouth is by announcing a big improvement of its shortwave broadcasts to the South Pacific, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Marshall, yesterday. He suggested that in spite of pious talk about the region, New Zealand’s commitment to the South
Pacific had been questionable. “We kid ourselves that we are very good on the South Pacific but we are not to my mind as good as we think we are.” In some respects New Zealand, as a people, had paid lip service to the region. “How many people travel much past Fiji or the Cook Islands?” asked
Mr Marshall. “The travel of New Zealanders, including politicians, to the South Pacific is rather selective and we have not made the personal political commitment to the islands of the South Pacific that we want to pretend we have. “We are now putting our money where our diplomatic mouth is... at last.”
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