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Labour remained in power after the Second World War and in 1945, Labour Prime Minister Peter Fraser played an important role in the establishment of the United Nations, of which New Zealand was a founding member. [167] However, domestically Labour had lost the reforming zeal of the 1930s and its electoral support ebbed after the war.
Waitangi Day (Māori: Te Rā o Waitangi), the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing—on 6 February 1840—of the Treaty of Waitangi.The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement towards British sovereignty by representatives of the Crown and indigenous Māori chiefs, and so is regarded by many as the founding document of the nation.
On 21 May 1840, Lieutenant-Governor Hobson proclaimed sovereignty over the whole country, (the North Island by treaty [85] and the South Island and Stewart Island by discovery) [86] [87] and New Zealand was constituted the Colony of New Zealand, separate from New South Wales by a Royal Charter issued on 16 November 1840, with effect from 3 May ...
Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called for an end to government policies that critics say erode the rights ...
Today, New Zealand enjoys particularly close relations with the United States and is one of its major non-NATO allies, [217] as well as with Australia, with a "Trans-Tasman" identity between citizens of the latter being common. [218] New Zealand is a member of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing agreement, known formally as the UKUSA Agreement.
New Zealand said on Wednesday it will draft a bill aimed at reinterpreting country's founding agreement, even as two of three governing parties say they will not support the bill becoming law. The ...
Canterbury settlement founded. 1852. Second New Zealand Constitution ... 2011 New Zealand census scheduled for this date is ... Today in New Zealand History ...
An old New Zealand passport, 1949, bearing the title "British Passport" with "Dominion of New Zealand" underneath. In 1948, the New Zealand Parliament passed the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948, altering the New Zealand nationality law. From 1 January 1949 all New Zealanders became New Zealand citizens.