New Israel in New Zeland.

What if in 1860s Rothschild buy the New Zeland from British Empire for a New nation for the Jews:"New Israel"?
 
What if in 1860s Rothschild buy the New Zeland from British Empire for a New nation for the Jews:"New Israel"?

The British Empire does not work that way! [/Morbo]

But seriously the Treaty of Waitangi was, among other things, expressly to prevent private colonization, and since the British had recognized the Declaration of Independence in 1836. The British saw themselves ruling NZ for the benefit of the inhabitants* and white settlers, not as a plot of land to be sold on to the next bidder. *interpretations on how well they did differ of course ;).
 
Wouldn't be possible, by 1860 there were many many British European settlers in the South Island, my ancestors for example. In the North Island there was less Euro settlement, but far more Maori settlement, who, as the Land Wars proved, were not keen at all to allow further settlement.

If you can somehow justify how this Israel would work, given that the Imperial Army spent a decade or so fighting in the N Island and given at this time there isn't an organisation that has had several decades of experience in colonisation, fighting or developing a community (say for example the Jewish Agency and the various armed groups in Palestine prior to Independence)

Incidentally, though, one of our early Prime Ministers, from this period was London Jewish, name of Julius Vogel
 
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