Chapter 174 Losses in Animal Husbandry

Both Australia and New Zealand had a very high degree of recognition of the British Empire before.

This is why Australia and New Zealand continued to maintain a very close relationship with the British Empire by joining the British Commonwealth after gaining independence.

But something is different now. During this disaster in New Zealand, the British Empire's support for New Zealand was not too high, or even just the same as other European powers.

This made some New Zealanders who still regarded the British Empire as their sovereign state feel dissatisfied and disappointed. Compared with Australia's aid, Australia's aid seemed much more sincere.

There were roughly three views on New Zealand's status and situation. The first view was that New Zealand should continue to be under the rule of the British Empire. As the largest power in the world today, the British Empire can protect New Zealand well. Benefit.

The second view is that New Zealand should seek more independent status, and even attempt to promote New Zealand to become an independent country.

The third view is that like Grant, they have a good impression of Australia, which has the same status and history as New Zealand, and are trying to unite New Zealand and Australia, or even go back to the previous Australian colonial period, allowing the two regions to Completely and firmly united.

Before Australia became independent, the support levels for these three views were one to two to three respectively.

After becoming independent from Australia and becoming the Principality of Australia, New Zealanders' view of New Zealand has become two over three over one.

As Arthur became the Governor of New Zealand and carried out various construction and relief operations in New Zealand, the second view and the third view basically maintained the same level of support. However, in the later period, the view of uniting Australia has changed. Beyond the view of New Zealand independence.

But at this time, uniting Australia or even completely integrating it did not gain complete advantages. Many people still had full expectations for the independence of the British Empire and New Zealand.

This move by the British Empire undoubtedly killed the hopes of these people. Would New Zealanders trust a sovereign who did not provide them with strong assistance in times of crisis?

Especially compared with Australia, the British Empire's aid seems like a pitiful handout.

This report struck a chord deep in the hearts of all New Zealanders. A question came to mind of all New Zealanders: Where should New Zealand's future go?

Although there is no very clear answer yet, many New Zealanders have begun to loosen their hearts and start to focus on the New Zealand Alliance Party, which is currently in the limelight.

November 29, 1903, the 21st day after the typhoon disaster.

After 21 days of rescue and reconstruction work, a large amount of debris caused by typhoons and waves was gradually cleared.

This is also limited to the urban areas that are to be rebuilt, and a large amount of the coastal plain is still in ruins.

The damage caused by this typhoon to New Zealand is far more than superficial. The agricultural planting areas on the large plains on the west coast have also been wiped out. It is expected that New Zealand's agriculture and livestock industries will also be severely affected in a short period of time.

However, agriculture and animal husbandry are one of the pillars of New Zealand's economy and are currently an important means for the New Zealand colonial government to generate income.

This also means that New Zealand's future finances will definitely fall into deficit, and this deficit will even last for several years.

The post-disaster reconstruction work entered a relatively stable stage, and Arthur had time to return to Wellington to discuss the next step with Wellington officials.

Wellington, colonial government building, in a meeting room.

The conference room at this time was even busier than the conference room where the plan was discussed after the last disaster. It was filled with people from the New Zealand colonial government, the New Zealand Labor Party and the Alliance Party, the political suffrage group, mayors of various cities, Garrison Commander Pierce, and the Relief Society. The person in charge, Joshua, and hundreds of other officials packed this small conference room to the brim.

“Everyone, the theme of today’s meeting is to discuss New Zealand’s next plan, including the assistance plan for these refugees, and where our reconstruction work should focus. How to allow these refugees to obtain income and re-enter life is our main direction. ." Arthur looked around everyone and finally said slowly.

"Your Highness, everyone." An official from the New Zealand colonial government spoke first: "This typhoon has not only caused a devastating blow to the cities on our west coast, it has also caused a devastating blow to the livestock industry on our west coast."

"According to rough statistics, at least one million cattle and sheep died in this typhoon, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were missing, and the pastoral terrain on the west coast was severely damaged. Even within a few years, some pastoral areas on the west coast were basically destroyed. will return to its previous state, which also means that New Zealanders' economy and the country's income will enter a long period of downturn."

"So I think that in addition to rebuilding the towns on the west coast, these refugees can also continue to use the work-for-work method to clean up large pastoral areas on the west coast. In this way, our livestock areas can recover faster, and these Refugees will also be temporarily provided with gainful employment, allowing them to return to their normal lives."

New Zealand's livestock areas cover the North Island and South Island, which is why the small New Zealand can become a large livestock country.

But unfortunately, the pastoral areas of New Zealand's North Island are distributed to the west of the mountains, that is, the western coast and the Auckland Peninsula.

But this happened to be the hardest hit area by the typhoon, which also caused New Zealand's livestock industry to suffer heavy losses in this typhoon.

The opinion of New Zealand colonial government officials is very simple, that is, to invest as much manpower and material resources as possible in the restoration of animal husbandry and livestock areas, because this is not only related to the economy and income of many New Zealand herders, but also to the entire New Zealand. Lan's economy and income.

As the pillar industry of New Zealand, the income from animal husbandry accounts for more than half of the total income of the New Zealand colonial government, and it is also the industry on which most New Zealanders depend for their survival.

This is something New Zealand can be proud of as a major livestock country, but in the face of such a huge disaster, it has also become very important to rebuild the livestock industry.

At least half of the hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders in the affected areas work in the livestock industry.

This brings them a stable income and a guarantee for their survival.

Therefore, the best way for them to regain their lives is to restore their livelihoods by allowing them to continue to have a stable source of income, rather than relying solely on government and external relief.

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