The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both world wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances. New Zealand assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2015-16 term.
New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy and a part of the Commonwealth realm.
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Displaying 41 - 45 of 52Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations, 2011.
These Regulations provide a national environmental standard for activities on pieces of land whose soil may be contaminated in such a way to be a risk to human health.The activities are: removing or replacing a fuel storage system; sampling the soil; disturbing the soil; subdividing land; and changing the use of the piece of land. The activities are classified into permitted activities, controlled activities, restricted discretionary activities, or discretionary activities.
Implements: Resource Management Act 1991 (No. 69 of 1991). (2015-09-23)
Cadastral Survey (Fees) Regulations, 2003.
These Regulations prescribe fees payable for determining whether cadastral survey datasets and cadastral surveys comply with standards set under section 49 of the Act and for auditing compliance with those standards.
Implements: Cadastral Survey Act 2002 (No. 12 of 2002). (2013-12-03)
Rock Oyster Farming Regulations, 1964.
These Regulations make provision for the leasing of land for the purpose of rock oyster farming.The Regulations prescribe the procedures for applying for leases, the granting of leases, and the form of leases, and the conditions that are to be implied in all leases.The Regulations further prescribe matters relating to the management of rock oyster farms and the steps to be taken when rock oysters in an oyster farm become diseased or contaminated.
Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Acts, 1941.
This Act aims at promoting soil conservation, preventing and mitigating soil erosion, and preventing damage by floods.As provided for in the Act, the Board may recommend to the Minister what lands, whether Crown or private, should be reserved as soil conservation reserves. The Board shall control and manage the soil conservation reserves in order to best conserve the soil of the reserve and prevent injury to other land, and may grant licences to occupy the reserve for pastoral or mining purposes or for the purpose of cutting, felling, and removing timber or flax.
Cook Islands Act 1915 (No. 40 of 1915).
This Act of New Zealand, consisting of 24 Parts and three Schedules, provides for matters of government of the Cook Islands, for various matters of general law of the Cook Islands and for the administration of various matters relating to public and private land.The Act provides for the institution of Island Councils and the High Court of the Cook Islands. It defines criminal offences and prescribes criminal procedures.