Arthur's words struck like a hammer into the hearts of all New Zealanders.

Oh, yes! No matter how merciful His Royal Highness Arthur is, he is the monarch of the Australians after all. For Arthur, New Zealand was only a territory that had been temporarily administered for twenty years, and even Arthur had only administrative power during these twenty years, and he had to be held back by the people of the colonial government.

In such a situation, no one is a fool, and it is naturally impossible to devote all his strength to developing a land that may not belong to him.

Thinking of this, the New Zealanders were disappointed for a while, and then a terrible idea was born, what if New Zealand belonged to His Highness Arthur? What if they were all the people of His Highness Arthur?

If New Zealand, like Australia, is Arthur's territory, wouldn't His Highness be able to develop New Zealand as he did in Australia and raise the incomes of all New Zealanders?

There are many New Zealanders who think this way, after all, New Zealand was also part of Australia decades ago, and now it is not a matter of course to want to merge?

If Arthur knew what was in the minds of the New Zealanders, he would have nodded his head satisfied with the success of his plan.

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

Under such circumstances, Arthur would certainly not be able to oppose the British Empire in the open.

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

Then if you want to seek New Zealand land, you can only push for New Zealanders to ask for their own membership in Australia.

The speech at the port was just the first step in the plan, and there will be more to come, so that more people and forces can push New Zealand to join Australia.

The port's speech was a success, at least from the look of the New Zealanders.

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

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

The history of New Zealand as a colony began in 1788, but it remained an Australian colony for more than 50 years until 1841.

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

Compared to Australia, New Zealand was slightly more developed than Australia in the beginning.

New Zealand has long been Australia's food producing region and a base for British livestock products.

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

With the influx of gold prospectors, New Zealand's immigration also gained a huge boost, and production and trade developed rapidly.

However, due to the fall in international agricultural prices and the decline in gold production in the late nineteenth century, New Zealand was experiencing severe unemployment and economic recession.

Of course, the recession of New Zealand is not inevitably due to the rise of Australia.

Previously, Australia was somewhat dependent on New Zealand for its food supply, but now Australia has also established a good livestock and agriculture industry, not only getting rid of the need for foreign food, but even exporting large quantities of food abroad.

What's more, 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 is in a downturn.

If it weren't for Australia's independence, the UK refocused its livestock imports on New Zealand, New Zealand's economy would have been even more depressed.

However, in general, New Zealand's current level of development is still at the same level as Australia because of its relatively good development at the beginning.

New Zealand has a population of 1,014,000 people, most of whom live in the North Island and less than two-fifths of the population live in the South Island.

In terms of land area, New Zealand has a total land area of approximately 268,600 square kilometers and consists of the North Island, the South Island, Stewart Island and a number of small nearby islands.

Mountains and hills make up 75 per cent of New Zealand's total area and are the reason why New Zealand's livestock industry is so developed.

According to the information of the colonial government of New Zealand, the per capita income of New Zealand is about 11 pounds, and about 200,000 people are extremely low-income.

In terms of mineral resources, although it is not as good as Australia, which is known as the country sitting on a minecart, New Zealand is also one of the countries with relatively rich mineral resources.

In terms of metal ores, New Zealand has gold, silver and iron ores. Among them, the output of gold and silver mines has been decreasing year by year due to the fact that they have been mined.

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

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

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 was subject to the constraints of the British Empire in all respects and could not develop independently.

A lot of the wealth has been absorbed into the UK mainland, and not many have been able to stay in New Zealand.

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

However, it can be expected that if New Zealand continues to stagnate like this, or even if its economy and development fall into regression, it will be a matter of time before Australia surpasses New Zealand in terms of development.

New Zealand's poor economic situation has long caused dissatisfaction among New Zealanders, which is why New Zealand has erupted in a certain degree of independence.

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

At present, New Zealand has two influential political parties, namely the New Zealand Labour Party, which is made up of many workers, and the Coalition Party, which is made up of many retired New Zealand soldiers and officials.

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

The Coalition, on the other hand, hopes to make New Zealand an independent country, or one of the regions of an independent country, by joining Australia.

The second more, ask for support!

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