Australian-New Zealand Agreement, 1944

On 21 January 1944, Australia and New Zealand signed the Australian-New Zealand Agreement, also known as the Canberra Pact.

The signing followed Japan’s expansion across the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. According to NZHistory.govt.nz, New Zealand and Australia agreed to:

•a framework for consultation on matters of common interest
•assert their right to be involved in setting peace terms and in the creation of any post-war international organisation
•the creation of a regional defence zone stretching across the Pacific from Australia to Western Samoa and the Cook Islands
•support the principle of trusteeship for the remaining Pacific island colonies
•set up a regional commission to advance economic, political and social development in the ‘South Seas’.

The image above shows the front page of a copy of the Agreement, which forms part of a file in the Walter Nash papers. Walter Nash was New Zealand’s Minister of Finance at the time that the Canberra Pact was signed.

Other images from the Nash papers are available to view in an online exhibition archives.govt.nz/events/walters-world-nash-collection

For more information about the Canberra Pact, see nzhistory.govt.nz/nz-and-australia-sign-the-canberra-pact
Archives New Zealand reference: AEFZ 22617 W5727 Box 952 1326/0001-0168
collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=R25484336

To enquire about this record, please email research.archives@dia.govt.nz

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Taken on: January 17, 2019

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