Crown in right of New Zealand

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The Crown in right of New Zealand is the legal embodiment of the New Zealand state and its executive authority, represented by the monarch and exercised domestically through the Governor-General and government institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crown
constitutional monarchy
legal person
actsOnAdviceOf New Zealand Executive Council
surface form: New Zealand Cabinet

Prime Minister of New Zealand
alsoKnownAs the Crown
Crown in right of New Zealand
surface form: the New Zealand Crown
constitutionalForm unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
constitutionalPrinciple parliamentary sovereignty
responsible government
rule of law
constitutionalSource Constitution Act 1986 (New Zealand)
surface form: Constitution Act 1986
constitutionalSystem Westminster system
country New Zealand
distinctFrom New Zealand Parliament
New Zealand courts
surface form: New Zealand judiciary
employerOf New Zealand public servants
exercisesFunction appointment of ministers
assent to legislation
executive power
prerogative powers
summoning and dissolving Parliament
exercisesPowerThrough New Zealand Executive Council
surface form: New Zealand Cabinet

New Zealand Executive Council
New Zealand government
surface form: New Zealand Government

New Zealand government
surface form: New Zealand public service
hasCapacity enter into treaties
own property
sue and be sued
headOfState Charles III, King of Canada
surface form: King Charles III

monarch of New Zealand
jurisdiction New Zealand
New Zealand
surface form: Realm of New Zealand
language English
legalDoctrine Crown indivisibility within New Zealand state
legalRole holder of executive authority in New Zealand
legal embodiment of the New Zealand state
legalSystem common law
officeHoldersAppointedBy monarch of New Zealand
partyTo Crown–Māori Treaty relationship
Treaty of Waitangi obligations
relatedConcept Crown in right of Canada
Crown in right of the United Kingdom
representedBy King of New Zealand
monarch of New Zealand
representedDomesticallyBy Governor-General of New Zealand
representedInNewZealandBy Governor-General of New Zealand
symbolOf authority of the New Zealand government
continuity of the New Zealand state

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Crown in right of New Zealand alsoKnownAs Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: the New Zealand Crown
Succession to the Crown Act 2013 appliesTo Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: Crown of New Zealand
Government House, Auckland associatedWith Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: New Zealand monarchy
Queen of New Zealand associatedWithInstitution Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: The Crown in Right of New Zealand
Royal Titles Act 1953 (New Zealand) bindingOn Crown in right of New Zealand
Royal Standard of New Zealand category Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: Monarchy of New Zealand
Crown in right of the United Kingdom distinctFrom Crown in right of New Zealand
Government House, Auckland governedBy Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: New Zealand Crown
Taupō geothermal area governedBy Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: New Zealand Crown
the Crown hasAspect Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: the Crown in right of New Zealand
Crown hasPart Crown in right of New Zealand
subject surface form: Crown (British state)
King of New Zealand legalConcept Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: the Crown in New Zealand
Government House, Auckland ownedBy Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: the Crown in right of New Zealand
Royal Titles Act 1953 (New Zealand) relatedTo Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: monarchy of New Zealand
Royal Standard of New Zealand represents Crown in right of New Zealand
Crown in right of Saint Lucia separateFrom Crown in right of New Zealand
Crown of Antigua and Barbuda separateFrom Crown in right of New Zealand
Royal Titles Act 1953 (New Zealand) subject Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: New Zealand monarchy
Governor-General of New Zealand symbolizes Crown in right of New Zealand
this entity surface form: the Crown in New Zealand