This page details the status of New Zealand in 2300AD both for general game use and for play in GG2.
Although well able to feed itself New Zealand had little domestic heavy industry and was completely reliant on imported machinery for its agriculture and fuel for its power stations and vehicles. Thus while the sheep and the crops were undamaged the tractors and refrigeration plants slowly began to fail beyond the local ability to effect repairs and the fuel stocks began to dwindle.
Draconian emergency measures were required to maintain a viable infrasturcture but overall most New Zealnders though themselves lucky.
New Zealand's nearest neighbour Australia was however badly hit by the war and any semblance of national government soon disappeared as the country fragmented into a number of effectively independant regions around the major population centres. New Zealand and Australia had always had close ties and New Zealand offered what assistance it could to the "West Islanders". This aid was effectively limited to the east coast (New South Wales and Victoria) and consisted of the provision of food and medical assistance and occasional military aid.
This assistance allowed the survival of at least some form of organised Australian society and aided the eventual recovery 40 years later of the east coast of Australia. It also gave New Zealand access to limited amounts of salvage from the ruins of Australian heavy industry and raw materials stockpiles (which their former owners could no longer use). While these were not enough to replace the loss of international trade they were sufficient to maintain the infrastucture of the country.
During this period the naval forces of the two nations were effectively combined (although they always retained their national identities). The joint force was used to patrol the sea lanes between Australia and New Zealand and to escort merchant shipping as trade began once more.
The close ties between New Zealand and Australis were maintained throughout with numerous joint ventures and cooperative arangements.
New Zealnd did not however join Australia in the resurgent space programme in the middle of the 21st century. Just as the initial investments were being made New Zealand had commited itself to a massive development of geothermal (Rotorua) and tidal (Cook Channel).power. As a consequence New Zealand has effectively no deep space or interstellar capabilities (although an officer exchange programme has seen several RNZN and RNZAeF - Royal New Zealand Navy and Aerospace Force - officers serving in the RASF - Royal Australian Space Force).
New Zealand has no interstellar colonies of her own altough many New Zealanders can be found in the colonies of both Australia and Great Britain (and in smaller numbers thoughout most of human space).
New Zealand in the 24th Century remains a mainly agricultural nation with limited heavy industry and a varied and capable light industry and service sector. While not at the forefront of high technology New Zealand maintains a high tech economy and has a well respected educational and research reputation (particularly in the renewable energy field).
Once the situation had stabilised however New Zealanders found that political structure they had inherited no longer suited the social chnges that had gradually occurred during the recovery. The European model of government was widely viewed to have failed when it self destructed in the Twilight War. This coupled with the massive ecological and environmental damage had led the majority of the population to adopt an attitude to land and community more typical of the traditions of the native Maoris (with their respect for and stewardship of the land) than the English settlers.
This shift was reflected in the Second Treaty of Waitangi (the first between Great Britain and the Maoris had brought New Zealand into the British Empire in 18??). The Treaty confirms Maori rights to land illegally annexed following first Treaty and lays out a revised political and legal framework for the whole country. Local government is split into three, at the base are a town council and a Maori council, both covereing the same geographical area. Individuals can belong to either and are governed by the relevant laws and may use the relevant facilities. At the regional level council representatives form a joint body to provide facilities required by both communities. All taxes are raised at the local level and passed up to the regional body. Costs of joint projects is normally apportioned on a per capita basis.
There are similar arrangements at national level. The National Parliament has three houses, one for each community to decide national policy for the relevant group and a joint Council representing the nation as a whole.
The legal system parallels the political with community and joint courts at both regional and national level. A national constitutional and appeals court arbitrates where there are disputes between courts and acts as a court of final appeal for both systems.
Membership of each community is not based on race, indeed the majority of Maori council members are caucasian rather than Maori (in so far as such definitions are applicable after nearly 500 years of inter marriage). An individual can belong to either or both communities (although they will be liable to be taxed by both). This decision is officially made when majority is reached at seventeen (until which time the child belongs to whatever community their parent is a member of - for parents from different communities the child is considered to be a member of both).
In practice there is very little day to day difference between the two communities and an outsider would be hard pressed to tell the two apart - in many cases even an insider can have difficulty. The main differences occur in the legal arena. This is mainly down to differences in the resolution of disputes and land rights. The Maori community hold all land in trust for the whole community - an individual can have the use of land but cannot own it. The european community have the normally property rights derived from English Civil law. Land can be transferred between the two communities but this requires the permission of the regional council for small parcels and the national councils for larger areas. In practice land is almost never transferred from Maori ownership and only occasionally into it.
The Queen of England remains the nominal Head of State of New Zealand (the UK Prime Minister Sir Nilesh Solanki was instrumental in mediating negotiations on the Second Treaty of Waitangi).
There is a medium ship building facility in Aukland and several smaller facilities elsewhere. There are also servicing and refit facilities for larger vessels.
The economic statistics for each of the countires in GG2 have been modeled by Steven Alexander based on the 2300AD rulebooks and standard economic modelling techniques. More details can be found on his Web Pages.
All the data are from Version 5.0 of the Economic Model and are Copyright Steven Alexander 1996, 1997.
The economic statistics for each of the countires in GG2 have been modeled by Steven Alexander based on the 2300AD rulebooks and standard economic modelling techniques. More details can be found on his Web Pages.
All the data are from Version 5.0 of the Economic Model and are Copyright Steven Alexander 1996, 1997.
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Ground Military
An isolated island nation New Zealand only maintains limited ground forces although it does have several air and sea transportable units allocated to support their Australian allies and antarctic territories.
Royal New Zealand Navy
As an island nation New Zealand's premier armed force is the Navy. The RNZN's primary tasks are the defence of the main islands and antarctic territories and the patrol of territorial waters and major trade routes.Royal New Zealand Aerospace Force
The RNZAeF protects the airspace above New Zealand and maintains only air defence, interface, maritime patrol and supporting aircraft.In System Space Force
None.