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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1927, Page 2

A letter received by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce from Sir James Pairr, High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, proves that official assistance is being given overseas in discouraging the term “Australasia.” For the past four or five years a very strong campaign has been waged by the previous High Commissioner, and Sir James Parr has followed suit. “I have perused the file on he writes, “and find that no occasion is allowed to pass when the word ‘Australasia’ is used without drawing the attention of those responsible to New Zealand’s desire in the matter. The names of at least two journals have been changed as the result of these representations, and the editors of the various newspapers have also been circularised with the very best results as the file correspondence shows. As a matter of fact, nowadays one very rarely sees the word ‘Australasia’ used in newspapers of Great Britain.”