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Capital Wellington

41°17′S 174°27′E

Largest city Auckland2

English (98%)3
Official language(s) Māori (4.2%)3
NZ Sign Language(0.6%)3

Ethnic groups  78%European/Other4


14.6% Māori4
9.2% Asian4
6.9% Pacific peoples4

Demonym New Zealander,


Kiwi (colloquial)

Government Parliamentary
democracy andConstitutional
monarchy

 - Monarch HM Queen Elizabeth II

 - Governor- Sir Anand Satyanand


General

 - Prime Minister John Key

 - Speaker Dr Lockwood Smith

 - Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias

Independence from the United Kingdom 

 - 1st Parliament 25 May 18545 

 - Dominion 26 September 19075 

 - Statute of 11 December 1931 (adopted


Westminster 25 November 1947) 

 - Constitution Act 13 December 1986 


1986

Area

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