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Article: Southeast Asia and New Zealand: A History of Regional and Bilateral Relations.(Book Review)
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- New Zealand International Review
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- November 1, 2005
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SOUTHEAST ASIA AND NEW ZEALAND: A History of Regional and Bilateral Relations
Editor: Anthony L. Smith
Published by: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (co-published by Victoria University Press/NZIIA, Wellington), Singapore, 2005, 392pp, $39.95.
When South-east Asians look or think Down Under, they tend to glance at Australia and perhaps overlook New Zealand. Many do not necessarily differentiate between the two Western polities below them, seeing them as twin legacies of colonial expansion. New Zealanders, on the other hand, think first of the Pacific Islands when they think of non-Australian neighbours--but many indeed think first of ...