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New Zealand

Location S Pacific Ocean, ESE of Australia
Latitude and longitude  41 00 S, 174 00 E
Sovereignty Independent
United Nations member? Yes
Political status notes Includes principal islands of North Island and South Island
Population  4,360,000
Census notes est. 2010
Land area in square kilometers 268,670
Capital  Wellington

Fundamental legal document(s) online

Treaty of Waitangi, from A. Tschentscher's International Constitutional Law
New Constitution Act 1986 (1999), from A. Tschentscher's International Constitutional Law
The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, from A. Tschentscher's International Constitutional Law
Human Rights Act 1993, from the Government of New Zealand
Human Rights Amendment Act 1994, from the Government of New Zealand
Human Rights Amendment Act 1999, from the Government of New Zealand
Human Rights Amendment Act 2001, from the Government of New Zealand

Other legal documents online

Court of Appeal of New Zealand, decisions 1999 to date, from the Australasian Legal Information Institute
Statutes of New Zealand, from the Government of New Zealand
New Zealand Legislation, from the New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office
New Zealand Gazette On-Line
Legislation, judicial decisions, law journal articles, and other legal materials from the comprehensive New Zealand Legal Information Institute metasite

Sources and other useful websites

Aotearoa/New Zealand, from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk
Country profile: New Zealand, from the BBC News
Courts of New Zealand
Directory of Decisions from the University of Waikato Law Library - a list of courts, administrative authorities, and similar  entities, with information on where to find their decisions and reports
Fishery Country Profile--New Zealand, from the Food and Agriculture Organization
LLRX.Com, An Introduction to New Zealand Law & Legal Information 2002, by Margaret Greville
Island Vulnerability: New Zealand/Aotearoa
New Zealand, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State 
New Zealand, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific
New Zealand Government Online
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Heritage List: New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands
Statistics New Zealand
United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country Profile: New Zealand
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook

Selected articles on law and political status

The New Zealand Legal System, by Fiona Crichton, LLB, from the Auckland District Law Society
The New Zealand Legal System, from the New Zealand Ministry of Justice

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