Rise of Australia

Chapter 110 Current Situation in New Zealand (please subscribe!)

Arthur's words were like a heavy hammer, knocking on the hearts of all New Zealanders.

yes!No matter how benevolent His Royal Highness Arthur is, he is the monarch of the Australians after all.For Arthur, New Zealand was only a territory to be managed temporarily for 20 years, and even Arthur only had administrative power during these 20 years, and he had to be restrained by the colonial government.

Under such circumstances, no one is a fool, and naturally it is impossible to do everything possible to develop a piece of land that may not belong to them.

Thinking of this, the New Zealanders were disappointed for a while, and then a terrible idea was born. What if New Zealand belongs to the territory of His Highness Arthur?What if they were all subjects of His Royal Highness Arthur?

If New Zealand, like Australia, belongs to Arthur's territory, then wouldn't His Royal Highness Arthur be able to develop New Zealand like Australia and increase the income of all New Zealanders?
There are not a few New Zealanders who have such thoughts. After all, New Zealand was also part of Australia decades ago. Isn’t it natural to want to merge now?

If Arthur knew what the New Zealanders were thinking, he would nod in satisfaction at the success of his scheme.

As a member of the royal family of the British Empire, Australia is also a principality separated from the British Empire.

Under such circumstances, Arthur certainly could not confront the British Empire in the open.

After all, a large part of Arthur's status and prestige was inherited from Queen Victoria, so naturally he would not do such a thing of digging his own roots.

So if you want to seek the land of New Zealand, you can only push New Zealanders to ask to join Australia.

The speech at the port is only the first step of the plan, and there will be more follow-ups, so that more people and forces will push New Zealand to join Australia.

Port's speech was a success, at least from the look on the New Zealander's face.

Regardless of the mood of the colonial government and General Pierce, Arthur's speech was definitely not something they could interrupt.

Later, under the leadership of the colonial officials, Arthur went to the building where the colonial government was located to learn more about the situation in the New Zealand colony.

The history of this area of ​​New Zealand as a colony began in 1788, but for more than 1841 years until 50, New Zealand has always been a colony of Australia.

It was not until 1841 that New Zealand separated from Australia and established the British Colony of New Zealand.

Compared with Australia, New Zealand's development level was slightly higher than Australia's at the beginning.

New Zealand has long been a food producing region in Australia and a base for livestock products in the UK.

When gold was discovered in Australia, gold was also discovered on the west coast of New Zealand.

Along with the influx of gold prospectors, New Zealand's immigration has also been greatly improved, and production and trade have also developed rapidly.

However, due to the decline in international agricultural product prices and the decline in gold production at the end of the nineteenth century, unemployment in New Zealand was relatively serious, and the economy was also in a state of recession.

Of course, the recession of New Zealand's economy does not have the factors of Australia's rise.

In the past, Australia's food supply was somewhat dependent on New Zealand, but now Australia has also established good animal husbandry and agriculture, not only getting rid of the need for external food, but even exporting a large amount of food in turn.

More importantly, because of its advantages in land area and population, Australia has successfully seized many livestock and food markets, which is one of the reasons why New Zealand's economy has fallen into a downturn.

If it weren't for the fact that after Australia's independence, the UK re-targeted the import of livestock products to New Zealand, New Zealand's economy would have been even more sluggish.

But in general, because New Zealand developed better at the beginning, the current level of development is still at the same level as Australia.

So far, New Zealand has a total population of 4000 people, most of whom live in the North Island of New Zealand, and less than two-fifths of the population live in the South Island of New Zealand.

In terms of land area, New Zealand's total land area is about 268600 square kilometers, consisting of New Zealand's North Island, South Island, Stewart Island and some nearby small islands.

Mountains and hills account for 70.00% of New Zealand's total area[-], which is also the reason why New Zealand's animal husbandry is so developed.

According to the intelligence of the New Zealand colonial government, New Zealand's per capita income is about 20 pounds, and less than [-] people belong to the extremely low-income population.

In terms of mineral resources, although it is not as good as Australia, a country that claims to be sitting on a mine cart, New Zealand is also one of the countries with relatively rich mineral resources.

In terms of metal mines, New Zealand has gold mines, silver mines and iron mines.Among them, the output of gold mines and silver mines has been decreasing year by year because of the similar reasons that have been mined.

New Zealand also has a certain amount of coal mines. Although the reserves of coal mines and iron ore are not as rich as Australia, they can also establish certain industries, which can be regarded as rich in minerals.

Because of the previous prosperity, New Zealand has built a certain amount of roads, bridges, railways, telecommunications and other public projects, and its infrastructure is better than Australia.

However, with the economic recession, many public works have fallen into disuse, and some roads and railways have become unusable due to lack of maintenance.

More importantly, as an autonomous colony of the British Empire, New Zealand is subject to the constraints of the British Empire in all aspects and cannot develop independently.

A lot of wealth has been absorbed into the British mainland, and not many can stay in New Zealand.

In general, New Zealand is temporarily at the same level of development as Australia because of its previous success.

But what can be expected is that if New Zealand continues to stagnate like this, and even its economy and development fall into regression, it will be a matter of time before Australia's development level surpasses that of New Zealand.

New Zealand's poor economic situation has already caused dissatisfaction among New Zealanders, which is why a wave of independence broke out in New Zealand to a certain extent.

Coupled with the rapid development and economic integration brought about by Australia's independence, New Zealanders are increasingly eager for New Zealand to become an independent and self-governing country.

At present, New Zealand has two political parties with certain influence, namely the New Zealand Labor Party, which is composed of many workers, and the Union Party, which is composed of many New Zealand retired soldiers and officials.

The New Zealand Labor Party advocates that New Zealand follow Australia's example and establish a self-governing territory with self-government rights.

The Coalition Party hopes that by joining Australia, New Zealand will become an independent country, or one of the regions of an independent country.

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