 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati menguva yepurovhinzi ya1853 kusvika muna 1876, apo North Island yakavhiringidzwa nehondo dzeNew ZealandMuzana ramakore rechi20, South Island, ine vanhu vayo vashoma vechiMaori, yakanga ine rugare zvikuru uye matunhu okumaodzanyemba akavandudzika nokukurumidza zvikuru kupfuura ayo ari kuchamhembe. Muna 1861, ndarama yakawanwa paGabriels Gully muCentral Otago, zvichikonzera kutsvaira ndarama. Dunedin rakava guta rakapfuma zvikurusa munyika yacho, uye vazhinji muSouth Island vakatsamwira kupa mari kuhondo yeNorth Island uye vakanga vasingadi kugamuchira nhungamiro kubva kuGeneral Assembly ine mitezo ine urombo yakatarisa negodo risina kuvanzika papfuma yeSouth. Yakanga iri, yakataura kudaro Otago Colonist, mugumisiro unosuruvarisa asi usingadzivisiki wokubatanidza nezvisungo zvomubatanidzwa wenyika idzo Zvisikwa neCook Strait zvakagadzira kuti dziparadzane. Otago, yakataura mupepeti wayo, Julius Vogel uyo, nenzira inosetsa, pakupedzisira aizotungamirira vatungamiri vepakati kuti vabvise hurumende yepurovhinzi, yakanga iri mumazuva ekutakura zvakapetwa katatu kure neguta guru reAuckland sezvaive kubva kuVictoria kana Tasmania, uye akatarisira ramangwana rakanaka kuparadzaniswa kwezvitsuwa zviviri. Musangano wavose wakapindwa nevakawanda muna 1862 wakatsigira nheyo yokuparadzana kunyange zvazvo Southland, iyo yakanga yawana rusununguko kubva kuDunedin chete nokutsvaka hurumende yepakati, uye Canterbury, kunzwisisa kuti Dunedin yakazviona seGungwa reSouth capital-to-be, vose vakanga vasina kufarira. 