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# Kiwi as
- URL: https://goodoil.news/kiwi-as-46/
- Published: 2019-06-09T04:30:15.000Z
- Updated: 2019-06-08T23:43:21.000Z
- Author: WH
- Tags: #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

My, how the worm has turned! 118 years ago our leaders were men who valued independence, and thus in May 1901 a 10-man Royal Commission reported unanimously that New Zealand should not become a state of the new Commonwealth of Australia.

> Although New Zealand had participated in Australian colonial conferences since the 1860s, federation only became a serious prospect following the decision to unite Australia’s six colonies in 1899.  
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> Premier Richard Seddon preferred to be the leader of an independent country rather than an Australian state. He set up the Royal Commission in 1900 to buy time and get a sense of public opinion. While most submissions opposed union with Australia, many farmers were in favour, fearing new trade barriers to their produce.  
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> **The prevailing view was that New Zealanders were of superior stock to their counterparts across the Tasman**. New Zealand’s trade was mostly with the United Kingdom; Australians were economic rivals rather than partners. Although New Zealand and Australia eventually signed a Free Trade Agreement in 1965, and the two economies have become closely integrated, political union is no closer today than it was in 1901.  
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> [NZHistory](https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/nz-says-no-aussie-federation?ref=goodoil.news)

While Premier Richard Seddon may have preferred to be the leader of an independent country, our current crop of swamp dwellers in the Beehive seem to be hell-bent on destroying our independence by ensuring that New Zealand is subservient to the United Nations.