When did New Zealand gain independence?

Answer 1

Originally New Zealand was a part of New South Wales, it became a separate colony in 1840. The Dominon of New Zealand has been able to self-govern since 1907. However New Zealand confirmed the Statue of Westminster (1931), a law that recognised full independence of all Dominons, only in 1947.

Answer 2

The independence of both Australia and New Zealand was a gradual process that happened in stages rather than at a single step.

In the case of Australia, federation of the six separate British colonies - New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia - took place in 1901. This meant that Australia now had its own Parliament, currency, armed forces, and federal government departments, but it remained part of the British Empire and the British government controlled Australia's foreign policy.

Prior to that the Australian colonies had all been self-governing, achieving this at various points from the 1850's onward.

In 1931, the Statute of Westminister was passed. This gave the British Dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, and the Irish Free State) the ability to make their own foreign policy, and it set out that laws of the British Parliament would not apply in a dominion unless the Parliament of the Dominion agreed to their applying.

Also in 1931, the Australian government appointed an Australian, Sir Isaac Isaacs, to the post of Governor General (for the past 30 years the Governors-General had been British, and appointed by the British government).

The Statute of Westminister was not formally adopted in Australia until 1942 (back-dated until 1 September 1939). This reflected Australia's desire to refocus its allegiances from Britain to the United States.

In the 1970's, Queen Elizabeth was named "Queen of Australia", giving her an independent title in Australia.

The final phase in the achievement of complete legislative independence for Australia was the Australia Act in 1986. This Act (or rather, Acts, one passed by the British and Australian Parliaments and all of the Parliaments of the six states), completely removed the ability of the British Parliament to legislate for Australia (specifically, in the Australian states, as opposed to Australia at a federal level). It also removed the ability to appeal a decision of the High Court of Australia to the British Privy Council, meaning that the High Court of Australia was now the highest court of appeal in Australian law.

New Zealand followed a very similar process to Australia. It achieved self-government in 1852, but was still a British colony. It adopted the Statute of Westminster in 1947, and also passed an act in 1986, called the Constitution Act, that cut the remaining constitutional ties between New Zealand and the UK.

Answer 3

1856 was the official date.

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Answer 4

About the same time as Australia, although there is no exact date, 1931 and 1942 were some main dates of independence.

Answer 5

• They became fully independent in 1840, they became independent from the British Colony.

Answer 6

Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand was created on 1835-10-28.

Answer 7

in 1931 i think

Answer 8

1904