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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 4. March 19 1979

What Are they doing in New Zealand?

What Are they doing in New Zealand?

The delegation is here to explore the New Zealand economy for investment opportunities. They will produce a report of their findings and it will be on culated among the 39 national industrial sector organisations and thence to their 100,000 industrial outlets. This, according to Trade & Industry, may in turn encourage a more detailed round of offers and negotiations.

In the wider context, this visit can be seen as part of Germany's moves to increase their influence in Asia and the Pacific. New Zealand is of particular interest as an Antarctic treaty nation with an established Antartica programme (the emphasis of which has shifted recently toward mineral resources). We are also strategically placed for the harvesting of krill off Antartica. More than a year ago New Zealand signed an Agreement for Scientific and Technological Cooperation with the Federal Republic. The Germans have since indicated that fisheries, marine resources, and Antartica research are their areas of special interest.