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New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific, colonised by Britain from the nineteenth century. It became one of the self-governing settler territories of the British Empire, later a dominion. Its status illustrates the diverse constitutional arrangements under which British territories were governed.

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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). New Zealand. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/new-zealand
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- “New Zealand.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/new-zealand. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “New Zealand.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/new-zealand.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘New Zealand’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/new-zealand (Accessed: ).
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