ISBN10: 0864811055, ISBN13: 9780864811059, [publisher: Endeavour Press] Hardcover 191 pages. ex-library.Duncan Sandys, Secretary of State for C ommonwealth Relations, of the British government, visited New Zea land during July 1961. The purpose of his visit to New Zealand wa s to advise the government that Britain had decided that it would be in its own best future interests to join the European Economi c Community. The period of his visit set the scene for the start of profound changes made within the structure of the New Zealand economy, the pace of which has accelerated within recent years. T he effects of these changes are the subject of almost constant de bate in this country, among parliamentary parties and the communi ty at large. Sir Robert Muldoon is one of the very few present pa rliamentary members whose careers have endured since the time of Duncan Sandys' visit. He has been actively involved in the decisi on making process of New Zealand's economic management for most o f the past 25 years, and there would be few people better qualifi ed to present an objective economic review of that period. This b ook is his account of most of the major difficulties which confro nted New Zealand, and how governments of the day responded to the m . -- Inside front cover.
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1985]