New Zealand birth certificates / Paul Moon.
"You may know the Treaty of Waitangi. But how many other founding New Zealand documents can you list? And how you ever seen them? Leading New Zealand historian Dr. Paul Moon has selected 50 founding documents and provided each with a concise description of its historical context and ongoing imp...
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Auckland [N.Z.] :
AUT University Media,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Pou whenua (ca.19th century)
- Tasman's map (1642)
- Cook's map (1772)
- 'A Karao no New Zealand' (1815)
- Wakefield's plan (1829)
- Yate's petition (1831)
- Busby's appointment (1832)
- A New Zealand flag (1834)
- Declaration of Independence (1835)
- Hobson's report (1837)
- House of Lords' Select Committee report (1838)
- New Zealand Company Deed of Purchase (1839)
- Normanby's instructions (1839)
- Proclamations (1840)
- Treaty of Waitangi : Busby's draft (1840)
- Treaty of Waitangi : English version (1840)
- Treaty of Waitangi : Maori version (1840)
- Proclamations of sovereignty (1840)
- Union Bank of Australia (1840)
- New Souyth Wales Continuance Act (1840)
- Capital moved to Auckland (1840)
- New Zealand declared a Crown Colony (1841)
- Maketu execution (1842)
- FitzRoy's debenture notes (1844)
- First Treaty settlement (1844)
- New Zealand Constitution Act (1852)
- Parliamentary elections (1853)
- European population becomes the majority (1858)
- Capital moved to Wellington (1865)
- Maori gain right to vote (1867)
- Britain withdraws last Imperial troops (1870)
- Ballance defies Governor (1892)
- Women given vote (1893)
- Troops sent to Boer War (1899)
- New Zealand votes against joining Australia (1901)
- New Zealand flag officially adopted (1902)
- New Zealand becomes a Dominion (1907)
- New Zealand declares war on Central Powers (1914)
- New Zealand joins League of Nations (1919)
- Trade agreement with Japan (1928)
- War declared on Germany (1939)
- Royal New Zealand Navy founded (1941)
- Canberra Pact (1944)
- Adoption of Statute of Westminster (1947)
- ANZUS (1951)
- New Zealand joins SEATO (1954)
- Waitangi Tribunal (1975)
- National Anthem (1977)
- 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (1977)
- South Pacific Nuclear Free Treaty (1985).