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It wasn't that long ago that you could travel between the two without a passport.
I don't think that's ever been the case, but we do have a Schengen-style arrangement where you have right to abode in the other country still.
I looked it up. It was a thing from 1973 to 1981.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Tasman_Travel_Arrangement
Huh, that's really interesting.