French and Kiwi relations outside of rugby

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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 4:34p.m.

France supporters in downtown Auckland

France supporters in downtown Auckland

There is been plenty of nervous anticipation this week ahead of the Rugby World Cup clash between France and New Zealand.

Of course, France have famously sent the All Blacks out of two Rugby World Cups, most recently with their shock win in the quarter-final at the 2007 tournament in Cardiff.

But the rugby relationship is one of respect and off the field Foreign Minister Murray McCully is talking up diplomatic respect between the two countries and moving on from nuclear testing at Moruroa and the Rainbow Warrior bombing.

He is celebrating the bond at a function in Auckland this weekend alongside the French ambassador to New Zealand, Francis Etienne, who joined The Nation this morning.

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24 Sep 2011 04:50p.m.

AaronC wrote:

France is our sovereign enemy. They are the last country to attack our own, and when we caught them, we let them away with a slap on the wrist, because they extorted us over trade relations. Its not Iraq or Afghanistan where we should have troops deployed, its France. These mongrels were letting off nukes in our neighbors back yard. Trust McCully to Kiss ***