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New Zealand was a penal colony in the fictional world of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and on "Star Trek: Voyager."

In the real world, no. New Zealand was not a penal colony.

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No, and even in Australia, it was only New South Wales and Tasmania that had that activity.

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