Time for Australia-New Zealand relationship to move beyond cliches
Anthony Albanese and Chris Hipkins now have the opportunity to move the relationship beyond slouch-hatted incantations to the Anzac spirit and tired calls of “family” to a new era of mutual relevance.
When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in New Zealand on Wednesday, he will need to take a deep breath.
For before him awaits a sea of commemorative candles to blow out: for 40 years of closer economic relations, 50 years of the trans-Tasman travel arrangement and 80 years of the Australia-New Zealand diplomatic relationship.
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James Curran is The Australian Financial Review’s international editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University.
