History UsefulNotes / NewZealand

* Parliament is elected by a mixed-member proportional system (MMP) every three years (give or take), which boils down to this: There are 120 seats in parliament. People get two votes: one vote to choose their local representative, of which the 71 districts each send one; and one vote for a party, which is tallied together with all the other votes cast across the country, which tally is then used to divvy up all 120 seats proportionally. After all the 71 local representatives take their seats, the remaining 50 are filled by representatives form each party's list. Of the 71 district seats, 64 are general district seats (16 in the South Island, 48 in the North) and seven are reserved for Māori [=MPs=]: Māori voters can choose whether they wish to enroll with the election of their administrative district's representative, or with the election of their Māori district's representative. Currently the nation is governed by the social democratic Labour Party with Chris Hipkins as Prime Minister.

The founding document of New Zealand is the Treaty of Waitangi, which was signed in 1840 between the British and representatives of Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and subtribes). This is viewed as the founding of New Zealand as a country. There is much controversy in what the Treaty actually said, as two versions were signed, one in te reo Māori and one in English, and the two said slightly different things about whether or not the Māori gave up their sovereignty to the British Crown[[note]]The source of this uncertainty is that the Māori had no word for "sovereignty" and thus the teo reo Māori translation had to use other words to approximate the concept.[[/note]] and exactly how much of New Zealand the Māori were entitled to. Ever since TheNineties various iwi have been compensated for land or resource rights that were determined to have been inappropriately taken from them, and various national landmarks (such as Mount Cook) have been symbolically given back to the nearest iwi...which then promptly gifts the landmark back to the Crown.

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* ''Series/CowboyBebop''

* ''Series/{{Tracker}}''

* Creator/JaneCampion, the second woman to be nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestDirecting Best Director]] (also the first female director to be nominated for Best Director twice in which she won the second time in 2021 for ''Film/ThePowerOfTheDog''), and the first to win the UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr

* Creator/TaikaWaititi, the first Polynesian to win an Oscar (won for [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestAdaptedScreenplay Best Adapted Screenplay]] with ''Film/JojoRabbit'').

* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': In the anime, one of the male classmates briefly mentions going to New Zealand for a holiday.