New Zealand's Search For Security 1945-1985

'Here, Mum, I'm big enough to walk now and help you push.'

This open education resource is designed to be a collaborative textbook for teachers and students studying New Zealand's Search for Security.

• Introduction
• New directions
• Asia and the pacific
• The international stage
• Review

Objectives

Key focusing questions for this topic: What new directions did New Zealand foreign policy take after World War II? Why and how has New Zealand become increasingly involved in South-East Asia and the Pacific since World War II? What was New Zealand’s role on the international stage 1970–1985?