Neuseeland Regierung Profil 2012

Hauptstadt

Name: Wellington
geographische Koordinaten: 41 18 S, 174 47 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in September; ends first Sunday in April
note: New Zealand is divided into two time zones - New Zealand standard time (12 hours in advance of UTC), and Chatham Islands time (45 minutes in advance of New Zealand standard time)

Unabhängigkeit

26 September 1907 (from the UK)

Nationalfeiertag

Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 Februar (1840); ANZAC Day (commemorated as the anniversary of the landing of troops of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I at Gallipoli, Turkey), 25 April (1915)

Konstitution

consists of a series of legal documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand parliaments, as well as The Constitution Act 1986, which is the principal formal charter; adopted 1 Januar 1987, effective 1 Januar 1987

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Queen ELIZABETH II (seit dem 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Lt Gen Sir Jerry MATEPARAE (seit dem 31 August 2011)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister John KEY (seit dem 19 November 2008); Deputy Prime Minister Simon William ENGLISH (seit dem 19 November 2008)
cabinet: Executive Council appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister
elections: the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; deputy prime minister appointed by the governor general