The August 1946 cover of the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture was on a similar theme. It depicted a London housewife with her ration book, a bombed shell of a building behind a double-decker bus, and newspaper boy with the headline ‘More food ships from New Zealand’. From
Te Ara.
The Queen's 60th anniversary of sitting on the throne, her "Diamond Jubilee" is coming up in 9 days. It's a poignant time to reflect on how New Zealand, the Commonwealth and the rest of the world has changed since that time. In the 1950s, New Zealand was most certainly Britain's farm. We proudly promoted the fact (see the poster to the left). And it provided handsomely for us - we had some of the highest living standards in the world. But the outcome of World War II had taken a huge toll on Britain - times were hard, and the heavily indebted victor could no longer afford its Empire. Within two decades the "winds of change" had blown throughout the former Empire, with India, Pakistan and Nigeria all going. The British Commonwealth became the Commonwealth of Nations, and Australia and New Zealand sought security from the United States.
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