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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.
The independence of New Zealand is a matter of continued academic and social debate.New Zealand has no fixed date of independence from the United Kingdom; instead, political independence came about as a result of New Zealand's evolving constitutional status.
The Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand (Māori: He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni), sometimes referred to as He Whakaputanga, is a document signed by a number of Māori chiefs in 1835, proclaimed the sovereign independence of New Zealand prior to the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
New Zealand Party founded. ... 8 March: 2011 New Zealand census scheduled for this date is cancelled due to the Christchurch earthquake. [61] 23 October: ...
Date format: dd/mm/yyyy [14] Drives on: left: Calling code +64: ISO 3166 code: NZ: Internet TLD.nz: New Zealand [a] is an island country in the southwestern Pacific ...
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.
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 ...
Traditional founding date of the imperial dynasty by Emperor Jimmu. ... State in free association with New Zealand with a local prime minister 4 August 1965: