New Zealand Government (until 1990)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government
gptkbp:bicameralLegislatureUntil 1951
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Wellington
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of New Zealand
gptkbp:constitution unwritten constitution
gptkbp:constitutionalMonarch gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkbp:currency New Zealand dollar
gptkbp:executiveBranch gptkb:Cabinet_of_New_Zealand
gptkbp:flag Flag of New Zealand
gptkbp:governmentType parliamentary democracy
gptkbp:headOfState gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand
gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label New Zealand Government (until 1990)
gptkbp:independenceDate gptkb:United_Kingdom
1947
gptkbp:judicialBranch gptkb:Judiciary_of_New_Zealand
gptkbp:lastYearOfPeriod 1990
gptkbp:legalSystem common law
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:majorReforms Economic deregulation
Labour market reforms
Social welfare reforms
State sector reforms (1980s)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkb:OECD
gptkb:United_Nations
ANZUS (until 1986)
South Pacific Forum
gptkbp:monarchRepresentedBy Governor General of Canada
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Constitution_Act_1986
Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986
State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986
gptkbp:notableEvent Rogernomics reforms
Abolition of Legislative Council (1951)
Nuclear-free policy
Springbok Tour protests
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Mike_Moore
gptkb:David_Lange
gptkb:Geoffrey_Palmer
gptkb:Robert_Muldoon
gptkbp:officialLanguage English
Māori (from 1987)
gptkbp:party gptkb:New_Zealand_National_Party
gptkb:New_Zealand_Labour_Party
gptkbp:population 3.3 million (approx. 1990)
gptkbp:treatyOfWaitangi foundational document
gptkbp:unicameralLegislatureFrom 1951
gptkbp:votingSystem First-past-the-post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Spark_New_Zealand
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7