Chapter 110 Current Situation in New Zealand (Please Subscribe!)

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

Yes! No matter how kind His Royal Highness Arthur is, he is still the monarch of the Australians. For Arthur, New Zealand is just a territory that he will manage temporarily for 20 years. Even in these 20 years, Arthur only has administrative power and is restrained by the people of the colonial government.

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

Thinking of this, the New Zealanders were disappointed, and then a terrible idea came into being. What if New Zealand belongs to His Royal Highness Arthur's territory? What if they are all His Royal Highness Arthur's subjects?

If New Zealand is Arthur's territory like Australia, then His Royal Highness Arthur can't develop New Zealand like he did in Australia and increase the income of all New Zealanders?

There are many New Zealanders who have such ideas. 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 plan.

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

Under such circumstances, Arthur certainly could not openly oppose the British Empire.

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

If you want to plot New Zealand's land, you can only push the New Zealanders to ask to join Australia.

The speech at the port is only the first step of the plan. There will be more follow-ups, allowing more people and forces to promote New Zealand's pace of joining Australia.

The speech at the port was very successful, at least from the New Zealanders' expressions.

No matter how the colonial government and General Pierce felt, Arthur's speech was definitely not something they could interrupt.

Later, under the leadership of 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 New Zealand becoming a colony began in 1788, but for more than 50 years until 1841, New Zealand had always been a colony of Australia.

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

Compared with Australia, New Zealand was slightly more developed at the beginning.

New Zealand has always been Australia's food production area and a base for British livestock products.

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

With the influx of gold diggers, New Zealand's immigrants also received a huge boost, and production and trade also developed rapidly.

However, due to the decline in international agricultural product prices and gold production in the late 19th century, New Zealand's unemployment was relatively serious and the economy was in a state of recession.

Of course, the decline of New Zealand's economy is not without the factor of Australia's rise.

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

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

If it were not for the fact that Britain re-targeted the import of livestock products to New Zealand after Australia's independence, New Zealand's economy would be even more depressed.

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

So far, New Zealand has a total population of 1.014 million, 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 approximately 268,600 square kilometers, consisting of the North Island of New Zealand, the South Island, Stewart Island and some nearby small islands.

Mountains and hills account for 75% of New Zealand's total area, which is also the reason why New Zealand's livestock industry is so developed.

According to the intelligence of the New Zealand colonial government, the per capita income of New Zealand is about 11 pounds, and there are less than 200,000 people with extremely low income.

In terms of mineral resources, although it is not as good as Australia, a country known as 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 and silver mines has been decreasing year by year because they have been mined almost.

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

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

But with the economic recession, many public works have fallen into disrepair, and some roads and railways are no longer usable due to lack of maintenance.

More importantly, as a self-governing colony of the British Empire, New Zealand is restricted by the British Empire in all aspects and cannot develop independently.

A lot of wealth has been absorbed into the British mainland, and not much can be left in New Zealand.

In general, New Zealand is temporarily on par with Australia because of its previous success.

But it is foreseeable that if New Zealand continues to stagnate and even its economy and development fall into regression, it will be a matter of time before Australia surpasses New Zealand in development.

Such a poor economic situation in New Zealand has long caused dissatisfaction among New Zealanders, which is why a certain degree of independence wave broke out in New Zealand.

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

At present, New Zealand has two influential political parties, namely the New Zealand Labor Party composed of many workers and the Alliance Party composed of many New Zealand retired soldiers and officials.

The New Zealand Labor Party advocates that New Zealand follow Australia's example and establish an autonomous territory with autonomy.

The Coalition Party hopes to make New Zealand an independent country, or a region of an independent country, by joining Australia.

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