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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 has two time zones: New Zealand standard time (UTC+12) and Chatham Islands time (45 minutes in advance of New Zealand standard time; UTC+12:45)

etymology: named in 1840 after Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington and victorious general at the Battle of Waterloo

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
history: New Zealand has no single constitution document; the Constitution Act 1986, effective 1 Januar 1987, includes only part of the uncodified constitution; others include a collection of statutes or "acts of Parliament," the Treaty of Waitangi, Orders in Council, letters patent, court decisions, and unwritten conventions
amendments: proposed as bill by Parliament or by referendum called either by the government or by citizens; passage of a bill as an act normally requires two separate readings with committee reviews in between to make changes and corrections, a third reading approved by the House of Representatives membership or by the majority of votes in a referendum, and assent of the governor-general; passage of amendments to reserved constitutional provisions affecting the term of Parliament, electoral districts, and voting restrictions requires approval by 75% of the House membership or the majority of votes in a referendum; amended many times, last in 2014 (2018)
Wahlrecht
18 Jahre; universal
Exekutive
Staatsoberhaupt: Queen ELIZABETH II (seit dem 6 February 1952); represented by Governor-General Dame Patricia Lee REDDY (seit dem 28 September 2016)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Jacinda ARDERN (seit dem 26 October 2017); Deputy Prime Minister Winston PETERS (seit dem 26 October 2017)
cabinet: Executive Council appointed by the governor-general on the recommendation of the prime minister
elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; governor-general appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the governor-general; deputy prime minister appointed by the governor-general; note - Prime Minister ARDERN heads up a minority coalition government consisting of the Labor and New Zealand First parties with confidence and supply support from the Green Party

Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019