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The Beehive, Wellington, is the seat of government (i.e. headquarters of the executive branch).. In New Zealand, the term Government can have a number of different meanings. . At its widest, it can refer collectively to the three traditional branches of government—namely, the executive branch, legislative branch (the King-in-Parliament and House of Representatives) and judicial branch (the ...
The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and was the second enactment to grant the colony of New Zealand self-government.The first elections for a New Zealand House of Representatives were held during 1853, and this lower house met for the first time in 1854 in Auckland.
The New Zealand Government is the executive branch of government in New Zealand. National Government of New Zealand may also refer to: First National Government of New Zealand (1949-1957) Second National Government of New Zealand (1960-1972) Third National Government of New Zealand (1975-1984) Fourth National Government of New Zealand (1990-1999)
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Public sector organisations in New Zealand comprise the state sector organisations plus those of local government. Within the state sector lies the state services , and within this lies the core public service.
New Zealand is a unitary parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy. [4] It has no formal codified constitution; the constitutional framework consists of a mixture of various documents (including certain acts of the United Kingdom and New Zealand Parliaments), the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and constitutional conventions. [5]
The most prominent differences between the New Zealand English dialect and other English dialects are the shifts in the short front vowels: the short-i sound (as in kit) has centralised towards the schwa sound (the a in comma and about); the short-e sound (as in dress) has moved towards the short-i sound; and the short-a sound (as in trap) has ...
The Cabinet Office grew out of the Colonial Secretary's office with the establishment of the Cabinet Secretary in 1856. [2] The role of the Cabinet Secretary was formally separated out of the Colonial Secretary's office in 1892, [3] and around the turn of the century, the position became associated with the Prime Minister's Office, although research to date has not determined when this occurred.