As a British colony NZ enjoyed a very beneficial trade with Britain from the 19th century onwards, sending our meat, wool and dairy products- but in the 1970s when Britain joined the EEC they ended our access to their market and we were forced to seek new markets in places like Russia, the Middle East and more recently, China.
As a British colony NZ enjoyed a very beneficial trade with Britain from the 19th century onwards, sending our meat, wool and dairy products- but in the 1970s when Britain joined the EEC they ended our access to their market and we were forced to seek new markets in places like Russia, the Middle East and more recently, China.