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United Kingdom and New Zealand compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
12 July 927 — The monarchs of Britain recognise Æthelstan as king of the English
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- 42
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- 9
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- 4
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- 2026-08-10
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Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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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.
- 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 · Differences between the texts of the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi — the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand (country)
- 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 · New Zealand (country)
- 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 · Statute of Westminster enacted, New Zealand (country)
- 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 · Statute of Westminster enacted, New Zealand (country)