ABSTRACT New Zealand is proud of its decolonization record: Prime Minister Peter Fraser’s role in developing provisions for non-self-governing territories in the United Nations; New Zealand’s support for the 1960 declaration on colonialism; its leadership on decolonization in the Pacific; the innovative decolonization solution of self-government in free association with New Zealand adopted by the Cook Islands in 1965, and similar arrangement by Niue in 1974. This record is ascribed to a New Zealand belief in self-determination. Closer examination shows many officials, ministers and parliamentarians were opposed to self-government for the Cook Islands, and concerns lingered about Niue. The arrangements reached reflected New Zealand’s reluctance to let go. Yet self-government was granted, in the context of a reassuring New Zealand view of itself as the centre of the South Pacific region. With new competition for influence in the region, it is important that New Zealand does not seek to constrain the Cook Islands’ and Niue’s self-government and potential future self-determination.

中文翻译：

---

模范领导人？：新西兰与库克群岛和纽埃的非殖民化

摘要新西兰为非殖民化记录感到骄傲：总理彼得·弗雷泽（Peter Fraser）在制定联合国非自治领土规定方面的作用；新西兰对1960年殖民主义宣言的支持；在太平洋非殖民化方面的领导地位；1965年，库克群岛采用了与新西兰自由结社的创新型自治政府非殖民化解决方案，1974年纽埃也采取了类似的安排。这一记录归因于新西兰对自决的信念。仔细检查表明，许多官员，部长和议员反对库克群岛的自治，并且对纽埃的担忧依然存在。达成的安排反映了新西兰不愿意放手。然而，自治被授予了 在令人放心的新西兰的背景下，将自己视为南太平洋地区的中心。随着在该地区影响力的新竞争，重要的是，新西兰不要试图限制库克群岛和纽埃的自治以及未来的潜在自决权。