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4 SHARED EVENTSNew Zealand

Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · GBR LEFT · NZL RIGHT

1. 6 February 1840

   Treaty of Waitangi signed

   The Crown and Māori rangatira signed the Treaty of Waitangi, founding British New Zealand; its differing English and Māori texts — over sovereignty versus governorship — left a meaning contested to this day.

   Formation · from the New Zealand chronicle · The Treaty of Waitangi, the New Zealand Wars, and confiscation · REFS 3 — Differences between the texts of the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi — the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand (country)

2. 1882

   First refrigerated meat shipment

   The first cargo of frozen meat sailed from New Zealand to Britain, launching the refrigerated export trade in meat and dairy that would underpin the country's economy for a century.

   Economy & Trade · from the New Zealand chronicle · Colony, women's suffrage, and Dominion · REFS 1 — New Zealand (country)

3. 26 September 1907

   New Zealand becomes a Dominion

   New Zealand's status was raised from colony to Dominion within the British Empire, a symbolic advance toward nationhood that left its close ties to Britain largely intact.

   Politics & Power · from the New Zealand chronicle · Colony, women's suffrage, and Dominion · REFS 2 — Statute of Westminster enacted, New Zealand (country)

4. 25 November 1947

   Statute of Westminster adopted

   New Zealand adopted the Statute of Westminster, ending the British Parliament's power to legislate for it and confirming the country's full legal independence — the last Dominion to do so.

   Independence · from the New Zealand chronicle · Nationhood, the world wars, and the welfare state · REFS 2 — Statute of Westminster enacted, New Zealand (country)