New Zealand

State · 1948–2026 CE · at its largest around 1948 CE

An island nation in the southwestern Pacific, formerly a British colony and dominion, with a parliamentary system and the British monarch as head of state. Its society is shaped by both Maori and European settler heritage.

On its lands while it lasted

• Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior (1985 CE): French intelligence agents bombed the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour on 10 July 1985 to stop protests against nuclear testing, killing a photographer.
• Christchurch mosque shootings (2019 CE): White supremacist terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 that killed 51 people, leading to swift gun law reforms.

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