Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary material / Bernadette Luciano and David Mayes -- NEW ZEALAND AND EUROPE: CONNECTIONS AND COMPARISONS / Bernadette Luciano and David G Mayes -- NEW ZEALAND-EUROPE TRADE RELATIONS: RECONCILING HYPERCOMPETITION WITH THE TYRANNY OF DISTANCE / Maureen Benson-Rea and Mia Mikic -- THE MID-TERM REVIEW OF THE CAP: IMPLICATIONS FOR EU AND NZ AGRICULTURE / Caroline Saunders -- WORKING TIME ARRANGEMENTS: WHAT CAN NEW ZEALAND LEARN FROM EU COUNTRIES? / Erling Rasmussen , Jens Lind and Jelle Visser -- SOME LESSONS FROM MONETARY UNION IN EUROPE FOR NEW ZEALAND / David G Mayes -- THE EUROPEAN UNION’S FINANCIAL REPORTING STRATEGY: LESSONS FOR NEW ZEALAND? / Alan Roberts -- EXCHANGE RATE STRATEGIES FOR NEW ZEALAND: LESSONS FROM EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE / Nils Björksten and Anne-Marie Brook -- SEX, LIES AND STEREOTYPES: PUTTING CULTURAL TIPS FOR DOING BUSINESS IN FRANCE TO THE TEST / Karin Speedy -- GERMAN-SPEAKING SCIENTISTS IN NEW ZEALAND 1773-1951: RESEARCH PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE / James Braund -- LIVING WITH THE ENEMY: ‘ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS PRATI NUOVI’ / Susan Jacobs -- ‘UNA ITALIA AUSTRALE’? TWO ITALIAN TRAVELLERS DESCRIBE NEW ZEALAND / Daniela Cavallaro -- ‘FRENCH EXCEPTION’ OR FRANCE-NEW ZEALAND CONNECTION? MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN HIGH POLITICAL OFFICE IN FRANCE AND NEW ZEALAND (AUBRY, CLARK, SHIPLEY) / Raylene Ramsay -- FROM THE HEART OF EUROPE TO THE END OF THE WORLD: LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL MAINTENANCE IN SECOND WAVE POLISH MIGRANTS IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND / Sarah Cozens -- THE ITALIAN MYTH OF GALILEO IN NEW ZEALAND OPERA / Franco Manai and Kirsten Hanna.

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This book is one of first comparative studies of the cultural, political and economic interactions between New Zealand and Europe. The chapters that comprise this book are a deliberate exercise in variety inside the theme of New Zealand and Europe: Connections and Comparisons. They derive from the first conference of the New Zealand European Studies Association and give a flavour of the active and far-reaching nature of studies relating to Europe currently taking place in New Zealand. The cultural and historical chapters, while often quite specific in focus, touch on themes of universal cross-cultural relevance: the fate of imported languages and cultures; the tendencies to familiarise or exoticise unknown lands; the problematic representation of women in politics; the ambivalences and tensions between dominant and subordinate cultures; and the responsibility of the intellectual in the face of authority.