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New Zealand is now a pro-whaling country

Labour rejects the National-Act Government’s decision today to support the resumption of commercial whaling, Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesman Chris Carter says.

At the International Whaling Commission meeting in Florida, New Zealand’s representatives endorsed a proposal which will allow some countries to legally resume commercial whaling.

“In a little over a year John Key has turned New Zealand from being a world leader in marine mammal conservation to being an active advocate for the resumption of commercial whaling,” Chris Carter said….
Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party

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