Colony of New Zealand

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British colony former colony historical political entity

The Colony of New Zealand was a 19th-century British colonial territory in the South Pacific that formed the political foundation for the modern nation of New Zealand.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Colony of New Zealand canonical	7
British colonial New Zealand	1
New Zealand Colony	1
New Zealand as a dependency of New South Wales	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
basisForModernState	modern nation of New Zealand ⓘ
capital	Auckland ⓘ Wellington ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
currency	New Zealand pound ⓘ
currentCapitalAtEndOfColonyPeriod	Wellington ⓘ
dateDissolved	1907-09-26 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1841-05-03 ⓘ
demographics	majority European settler population by late 19th century ⓘ
endTime	1907 ⓘ
flag	Blue Ensign with Southern Cross (late colonial period) ⓘ Union Jack (early colonial period) ⓘ
followedBy	Dominion of New Zealand ⓘ
formerCapital	Auckland ONNED1 ⓘ
foundingLegalInstrument	Charter for Erecting the Colony of New Zealand ⓘ Royal Charter of 1840 ⓘ surface form: Royal Charter of 1840–1841
governmentType	constitutional monarchy ⓘ parliamentary system ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	British monarch ⓘ surface form: King of the United Kingdom British monarch ⓘ surface form: Queen of the United Kingdom
includedTerritory	Chatham Islands ⓘ Cook Islands ⓘ surface form: Cook Islands (for part of the colonial period) Niue (for part of the colonial period) ⓘ North Island ⓘ South Island ⓘ Stewart Island / Rakiura ⓘ surface form: Stewart Island
indigenousPeople	Māori ⓘ
legalStatusChange	became Dominion of New Zealand in 1907 ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ surface form: English common law
legislature	New Zealand Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: General Assembly of New Zealand New Zealand Parliament ⓘ
locatedIn	South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
lowerHouse	New Zealand House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: House of Representatives of New Zealand
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Colony of New South Wales ⓘ Colony of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New Zealand as a dependency of New South Wales
representativeOfHeadOfState	Governor of New Zealand ⓘ
significantEvent	gradual transition to self-government during the 19th century ⓘ responsible government granted in the 1850s ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
startTime	1841 ⓘ
upperHouse	New Zealand Legislative Council ⓘ surface form: Legislative Council of New Zealand

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster Province → historicalSubdivisionOf → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

New Zealand Legislative Council → jurisdiction → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 → appliesTo → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

British Resident at Waitangi → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

New Munster Province → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial New Zealand

New Munster Province → partOf → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

Province of New Munster → partOf → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 → jurisdiction → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

Colony of New Zealand → precededBy → Colony of New Zealand self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand as a dependency of New South Wales

Colony of New South Wales → territorySeparatedToForm → Colony of New Zealand ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Zealand Colony