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First discovered by a navigator
Abel Tasman is a Dutch navigator, the first European who recorded New Zealand. -
Begining of Cook's travel
James Cook explored the coastline from the end of the 18th to the beginning of 19th centuries. -
Constitutional government
Constitutional government's developpement began. -
New right
Woman could vote in national elections. -
Relationship with United States
A peace treaty was signed between United Stated, Australian and New Zealand. -
Incompatibility
Anti-nuclear policy of the New Zealand government is incompatible with Americans. So New zealand elected Labour party which controled New Zealand ports. -
Suspended of security obligations
New Zealand's security obligations of the treaty were suspend by the United States. -
Security alliance stay
Bush announced that surface ships don't normally carry nuclear weapons. So the security alliance stay between the two. -
MMP system (Mixed-Member Proportional)
The New Zealand created a mixed-member proportional system to elect its Parliament (in the National Party) and help smaller parties. -
Labour's election
Labour was again successful with Jim Anderson's Prgressive Coalition, a leftwing party which have two seats in Parliament.