Back Colonia de Nueva Zelanda Spanish Uuden-Seelannin siirtomaa Finnish Colonie de Nouvelle-Zélande French Koloni Selandia Baru ID Colonia della Nuova Zelanda Italian イギリス領ニュージーランド Japanese 뉴질랜드 식민지 Korean Новая Зеландия (колония) Russian Novi Zeland (kolonija) Serbo-Croatian Kolonin Nya Zeeland Swedish
Colony of New Zealand | |||||||||||
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| 1841–1907 | |||||||||||
  Top: Flag of New Zealand (since 1902)
Bottom: Flag of the United Kingdom (until 1902) | |||||||||||
| Anthem: "God Save the Queen/King" | |||||||||||
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| Status | British colony | ||||||||||
| Capital | Okiato (1841) Auckland (1841–1865) Wellington (since 1865) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | English, Māori (de facto) | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | New Zealander | ||||||||||
| Government | Crown colony (1841–1852) Self-governing colony (1852–1907) | ||||||||||
| British monarch | |||||||||||
• 1841–1901 | Victoria | ||||||||||
• 1901–1907 | Edward VII | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1841–1842 | William Hobson (first) | ||||||||||
• 1904–1907 | William Plunket (last of colony) | ||||||||||
| Premier | |||||||||||
• 1856 | Henry Sewell (first) | ||||||||||
• 1906–1907 | Joseph Ward (last of colony) | ||||||||||
| Legislature | General Assembly1 | ||||||||||
• Upper chamber | Legislative Council | ||||||||||
• Lower chamber | House of Representatives | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Separation from the Colony of New South Wales | 3 May 1841[1] | ||||||||||
| 28 August 1846 | |||||||||||
| 30 June 1852 | |||||||||||
| 26 September 1907 | |||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1901 census | 772,719 | ||||||||||
| Currency | New Zealand pound | ||||||||||
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1. The General Assembly first sat in 1854, under the provisions of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. | |||||||||||
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The Colony of New Zealand was a colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1907. British authority was vested in a governor. The colony had three successive capitals: Okiato (or Old Russell) in 1841; Auckland from 1841 to 1865; and Wellington from 1865. Following the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, the colony became a Crown colony with its first elected parliament in 1853. Responsible self-government was established in 1856 with the governor being required to act on the advice of his ministers. In 1907, the colony became the Dominion of New Zealand within the British Empire.