New Zealand is putting pressure on the International Whaling Commission to reform the way it operates.
A meeting is being held in London this week as Japan continues to hunt for whales in the Southern Ocean.
Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick says half of the 77 members of the commission are against whaling, while the other half are for it. He adds that this points to progress being limited and dysfunctional, and calls for urgent changes needed in the way it operates.
New Zealand will be represented at the meeting by Whaling Commissioner Sir Geoffrey Palmer, and representatives from DOC and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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