What is the history between New Zealand and Australia?
Australia and New Zealand were both colonised by Britain. New South Wales was the mother colony for New Zealand as well as for eastern Australia. Constitutionally New Zealand began as an extension of the colony of New South Wales, which was its status when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840.
When was New Zealand connected to Australia?
On 1 July 1841 the islands of New Zealand were separated from the Colony of New South Wales and made a colony in their own right. This ended more than 50 years of confusion over the relationship between the islands and the Australian colony.
Did Australia or New Zealand come first?
So, answering the question: Australia was discovered before New Zealand. Australia was discovered by it’s native population (Aboriginals) about 50,000 years ago. The indigenous population of New Zealand (Maori) is believed to have arrived around the year 1250–1300 CE.
Why is there a rivalry between Australia and New Zealand?
The Kiwi-Aussie rivalry is often described as a “sibling rivalry” and that’s mainly due to the two countries essentially teasing each other. There will often be stereotyping, for example, Australians see New Zealand as “behind the times”, while New Zealanders stereotype Aussies to be rude.
Why is NZ not part of Australia?
Both countries share a British colonial heritage as antipodean Dominions and settler colonies, and both are part of the wider Anglosphere. New Zealand sent representatives to the constitutional conventions which led to the uniting of the six Australian colonies but opted not to join.
Why didn’t New Zealand become part of Australia?
New Zealanders just weren’t interested in uniting with Australia. The prevailing view was that New Zealanders were of superior stock to their counterparts across the Tasman. In Australia, one of the reasons that had been put forward to federate was the need for a united defence force.
What was New Zealand originally called?
Hendrik Brouwer proved that the South American land was a small island in 1643, and Dutch cartographers subsequently renamed Tasman’s discovery Nova Zeelandia from Latin, after the Dutch province of Zeeland. This name was later anglicised to New Zealand.