"On November 8, 1903, New Zealand was struck by an unprecedented disaster. A typhoon made landfall in the small town of Opunaki in New Zealand's North Island and successively landed in 11 towns of New Plymouth, Piopio, Hamilton, Huntley, Port Waikato, Manukau, Auckland, Takapuna, Coromandel and Port Fitzroy, causing great damage to the economy, industry and infrastructure of the western coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

According to preliminary statistics, the disaster caused at least two million pounds of property damage in New Zealand, killed more than 36,000 people, and injured 84,000 people in minor and serious ways.

In the aftermath of the disaster, almost the entire west coast of New Zealand's North Island needed to be rebuilt, and at least 200,000 people lost their homes.

We are grateful for the assistance from all regions and countries around the world, especially our friendly neighbour Australia, who helped us by transporting £450,000 in funds and more than £100,000 worth of supplies on the day of the disaster.

We are equally grateful for the assistance we received from other regions, £50,000 from the German Empire, £40,000 from Austria-Hungary, and £10,000 each from France, England, Italy, and the Russian Empire.

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all countries for their assistance to New Zealand, and the friendship between New Zealand and you will endure.

In the aftermath of the disaster, New Zealand's colonial government will mobilize the entire New Zealand community to help all the people of the West Coast of the North Island rebuild their homes. At the same time, we are calling on more New Zealanders to join the relief effort, as many New Zealanders are still missing and need more relief. ”

Since 12 November, the story has been printed in all New Zealand newspapers and distributed free of charge to all New Zealand towns.

In a short period of time, almost the vast majority of New Zealanders have seen such newspapers and reports, and have understood what kind of disaster has taken place in New Zealand's North Island.

Although a few people wondered what kind of organization could unite all the newspapers in New Zealand to publish this story simultaneously.

But many more have been drawn to the information in the report, with all eyes and attention on New Zealand's North Island.

In addition to the shocking death toll and heart-wrenching property damage, the most concerning thing is the aid from other countries.

New Zealand was a colony of the British Empire, and it was already very face-saving for other powers to be able to give some assistance.

The New Zealanders thought the same way, and the German Empire and Austria-Hungary in particular had the most aid of any of the great powers.

However, the British Empire, as the current suzerainty of New Zealand, was on the same level as the other powers, and was even far lower than that of the German Empire and Austria-Hungary.

This disappointed many New Zealanders who were loyal to the British Empire, who felt that they had been abandoned by the British Empire.

Compared to these countries, Australia's aid is much larger. There is not only £450,000 in financial aid, but also up to £100,000 worth of material aid.

This is most important for New Zealand in the current post-disaster period, where a large number of refugees are in dire need of supplies and food to ensure their normal lives.

As the saying goes, there is no harm if there is no comparison, and compared with a large number of European countries, especially the British Empire, Australia's assistance is much more sincere.

What's more, the report clearly states that Australia had already provided assistance on the day of the disaster, rather than New Zealand taking the initiative to request assistance like European countries.

Since the article, many New Zealanders have gradually changed their minds, at least to be much friendlier towards Australia.

Many New Zealanders already see Australians as New Zealand's friendly neighbours, and they are looking forward to the coalition between New Zealand and Australia.

On 14 November 1903, a second shipment of Australian aid arrived in New Zealand.

Australia has donated 30,000 Southeast Asian Aborigines to New Zealand to help New Zealand better rebuild.

This manpower is a great help to New Zealand's current relief efforts. New Zealand's population is already small, even after a few years of development, it is only a little more than 1.1 million.

The typhoon directly caused the loss of at least 40,000 people in New Zealand, and left the New Zealand economy in a state of depression for at least five years.

In addition, less than half of New Zealand's North Island is affected by the disaster, which has led to the number of refugees directly exceeding 200,000, which greatly increases the difficulty of New Zealand's rescue work.

On 17 November 1903, Arthur personally arrived in New Zealand and, after giving a speech in Auckland to give an all-out commitment to the rescue and rebuilding work, he again announced that he would donate £500,000 to New Zealand in his capacity as Governor of New Zealand.

To date, New Zealand has received more than £1.1 million in financial assistance and more than £150,000 in food and material aid.

To a certain extent, this has reduced the logistical burden on New Zealand and accelerated the progress of New Zealand's rescue work.

Relief efforts in New Zealand continued for seven days, starting with the end of the typhoon on November 10, until November 17.

The rest of the work will be focused on rebuilding rather than rescuing the missing.

This is also a helpless choice, after seven long days of waiting, other people who have not been rescued have basically lost hope of survival, perhaps by the time the rescue team finds them, they have already become corpses.

Many of these refugees are located in the northern part of the Auckland Peninsula, a peninsula with more than a dozen small towns that can accommodate 20,000 or 30,000 refugees.

Some were relocated to the southern part of New Zealand's North Island to areas such as North Palmerston, Picton, Shahat and Wellington, which are now the core of New Zealand and home to the colonial capital of Wellington.

It can accommodate at least 80,000 refugees, who have been assigned to major cities, complementing the population of New Zealand's North Island cities.

Nearly 100,000 refugees are willing to stay in their homes, even though they have been destroyed.

The most important part of this reconstruction effort is the redevelopment of the Auckland area. The Auckland region is home to Auckland, the second largest city in New Zealand's North Island, and two major cities, Takapurna and Manukau, to the north and south.

There are more than 200,000 people living in the area, more than half of whom are refugees.

Most of the affected areas in the southern part of the West Coast are small towns with populations ranging from large towns with five or six thousand people to small villages and towns with fewer than 1,000 people.

Enthusiastic New Zealanders who saw the news reports were assigned to these towns and towns to rebuild them, helping the refugees rebuild their homes and homes.

The 30,000 Aboriginal and New Zealand garrisons donated by Australia were mainly tasked with rebuilding the Auckland area, especially the city of Auckland.

Auckland is an important hub connecting the Auckland Peninsula with the main part of New Zealand's North Island, and Wellington in the south, reflecting the north and south, and is two of New Zealand's brightest pearls.

The disaster in Auckland is the last thing New Zealand wants, and rebuilding Auckland is the most urgent thing to do.

On 18 November, Arthur again redeployed 20,000 Aboriginal and tens of thousands of Australian workers from Australia.

Most of these workers are construction workers with knowledge of the construction industry and will play a vital role in the rebuilding of New Zealand.

At the same time, Arthur has also adopted a cash-for-work approach in the affected areas, encouraging a large number of lightly injured and uninjured refugees to devote themselves to the reconstruction of their homes.

As a reward, they will receive more relief supplies and a small portion of the financial reward, which will also cover their property damage to a limited extent.

This policy is supported by many New Zealand refugees, who are eager to rebuild the west coast of New Zealand.

Just one week later, there are more than 50,000 Aboriginal and 150,000 New Zealanders on the west coast of New Zealand, making the rebuilding of cities and towns much faster.

Arthur had a busy time, and so was Grant.

As the leader of the New Zealand Coalition Party, Grant quickly threw himself into the reconstruction work at Arthur's behest, setting an example for all New Zealand political parties and officials.

This has also given the League a renewed goodwill among New Zealanders, who are far better off than those who can only stay in their offices.

During this time, Arthur personally visited all of New Zealand's affected towns and visited New Zealanders working on reconstruction in these areas.

Arthur was greeted by almost everyone, and there were even quite a few more fanatical people who were frantically chanting "Hurrah!" when Arthur arrived. ”

Arthur didn't react to this on the surface, but in fact he was very satisfied with Grant's actions.

With the current level of Arthur's recognition in New Zealand, coupled with the fact that New Zealand was affected by the disaster this time, and the different amounts of aid from Australia and the British Empire, perhaps something could really change in New Zealand.

On November 26, 1903, the release of a piece of news made New Zealand boil over completely.

The headline of the news is simple, just a few words, but it is deeply rooted in the hearts and minds of all New Zealanders.

The British Empire and Australia, who should we believe?

Both the British Empire and Australia have a special relationship with New Zealand, which is currently the suzerainty of New Zealand, and New Zealand is nominally part of the British Empire.

New Zealand was once part of Australia, having only been successfully separated from New Zealand a few decades ago.

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