New Zealand in the Commonwealth

New zealand

in the Commonwealth

What is the place in the history and now of new zealand in the commonwealth ?

contents

1. Commonwealth

2. geography

3. history

4. treaty

5. commonwealth realms

6. action in the commonwealth

the Commonwealth

is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states, consulting and cooperating in the common interests of their peoples and in promotion of international understanding and world peace

There is 56 countries in the association with New Zealand It was created in 1926 at a Imperal conference

All countries are linked with their common language (English), history and culture

New zealand is an island country in the pacific next to Australia, it split in two parts, the north and the south and over 700 smaller islandsThe capital city is Wellington and there is almost 202 000 inabitants

Geography

In 2018, in total, there was 4 926 551 inabitants.

Bewteen 1280 and 1350, the island was colonized by Polynesian people

history

1642 : The first europeen person, Adel Tasman, a dutch explorer has discovered New Zealand, he was the first to explor and map a part of the island

1850 : New Zealand became a crown colony. To understand, a crown colony is a british colony whose legislation and administration was controled by the Crown, represented by a gouvernor

New Zealand was a crown colony (1841-1852) and after a self gouverning colony (1852-1907), the contrast is that they directed the country but they can't change the constitution, so they can do just minors things

1907 : New Zealand became an independant country in the Commonwealth of nation

Adel Tasman, the first man to explorer New Zealand

government :

list of important text in New Zealand's government

• Treaty of Waitangi (1840) : It was a treaty to establish a British Governor of New Zealand, consider Māori ownership of their lands and other properties, and give Māori the rights of British subjects, new Zealand is officially a british colony.
• The constitution act (1986) : this text is a major part of New Zealand constitution, this act replaced the 1852 constitution act, which give to Britain to pass laws without the agreement of the New Zealand parliament
• The status of Wesminster act (1947) : this act gives to new Zealand, their independance, the country is not a British colony but a country in the Commonwealth of nation.

New Zealand parliament

COMMONWEALTH REALMS

New zealand is part of the Commonwealth realms, as a reminder it is a country in the Commonwealth of nation which have the british monarch as head of state

but the question is why New Zealand belong to the association of Commonwealth realms ?

• New Zealand is one of the founding country of the Comonwealth of nation
• The country is linked with the Britain because it's used to be a british colony.
• Like the other countries in the Commonwealth, it share language, culture, tradition...

The Head of state : the british monarch Charles the 3rd The gouvernor : (since 2021) : Cindy Kiro The Prime minister : (since 2023) Christopher Luxon

The Prime minister is the head of governement while the gouvernor is the representative of the British monarch

ACTIONS OF NEW ZEALAND IN THE COMMONWEALTH

Since 1992, New Zealand has been involved in many activities in Commonwealth :

• 2018 : The secretariat of the Commonwealth helped New Zealand parliments to share lessons about humains rights in the Pacific
• 2019 : New Zealand worked with the Commonwealth to improve connections with trading partners
• 2022 : New Zealand contribued to 3 millions dollars to the Commonwealth secretariat and 2 millions dollars to the Commonwealth organizations

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