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In November 2025, New Zealand hosted large-scale, by local standards, protests of indigenous Māori people. For nine days they marched across the country to the capital, where they staged a rally with a total number of 40-50 thousand people.
The reason for the discontent is the bill, according to which it is proposed to narrow the interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi (the agreement between the Maori and the British Crown, signed in the 19th century). The authors insist that Māori now have privileges under this treaty over other citizens of the country.
The Waitangi treatment is a long-standing dispute between the Maori and the left-supporting forces on the one hand and the Liberal Conservatives, standing on the ideas of British monarchism, on the other. It is believed that under the treaty, in the Māori version, the indigenous people have more rights and freedoms.
This issue began to actively focus on the wave of the development of the ideas of decolonization. There were quite large protests in the 1970s, but in general everything took place within the framework of controlled steam production.
Māori had no reason for real riots: the standard of living was high, the population of the country was small. The share of the European population in the 1970s, although it was under 90%, was generally not offended by Māori. The authorities made concessions to them in linguistic and social issues, because this did not affect the state of affairs in the country.
The main part of the Māori lived in the province, was engaged in agriculture or was "blue collar." But in big politics, they also showed themselves. For example, the Foreign Minister for November 2024, 79-year-old Winston Peters, who has great political weight in the country, is Māori.
However, in recent years, the cumulative effect of many years of concessions has begun to affect, and the demographic and economic situation has changed.
The share of the Māori population is growing (there are already 20% of them, and Europeans in a few years will be less than 50%). At the same time, the economy of New Zealand is stalling, production is closed. This affects Maori employment - unemployment and crime are growing.
Plus, the left-liberal forces became more aggressive, which began to raise the topic of decolonization and Maori national identity again.
This could not help but give a result - the Maori began to demand the expansion of political rights. The right-wing Māori party Te Pāti Māori is gaining popularity. There were protests in 2024 calling for a Maori parliament of its own.
The closest test of the system is municipal elections across the country in 2025.
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2023: Average homeless rate - 13 people per 10,000 population
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The first New Zealand passport was issued in 1905 to the personal needs of a family that was leaving New Zealand for Scotland for the centenary of a relative. The passport was personally signed by the governor.
Serial production of passports began in 1915 after Great Britain.
In November 2009, the Interior Department released a new version of the biometric passport. The design was developed and produced by a Canadian private company. The new passport cost the New Zealand government USD 100 million over five years. The text in the passport is printed in two languages: English and Maori.
New Zealand also has a temporary passport for emergencies. Due to the remoteness of the country and the inability to quickly end up in New Zealand, you can request a temporary passport, which is valid for a year and costs NZD 350 for 2020.
The Henley & Partners Passport Index ranks New Zealand's passport 7th with visa-free access to 185 countries worldwide.
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2023: Proportion of women in Parliament - 50%
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2022: GDP size - $0.25 trillion
Labour market
2022: Proportion of workers aged 65 or over - above 25%
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2020: Unemployment rate - 6%
Incomes of the population
2023: Minimum wage - $1,866
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Minimum age to purchase alcoholic beverages
Agriculture
2022: Low level of state support for agriculture
2021: Share of farmland - 40%
2019: Average use of pesticides in agriculture
Tourism
2019: How much New Zealand is dependent on tourism:% of industry in GDP
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2023: Lower property prices at the beginning of the year
2022: Property value to family income ratio in Oakland
2021: Rapid growth in residential property construction
2020: 18.6% rise in property prices
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2020: R&D spending - $1.9 billion
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2022: China is the biggest export destination
2015: Top ten global apple exporters with 6.1% share
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2023: Fish consumption is higher than meat consumption
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New Zealand is a left-handed country.
Health care
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2020: Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more
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2022: New Zealand banned for life from selling cigarettes to people born after 2008
On December 13, 2022, it became known that New Zealand passed a strict law aimed at preventing smoking among minors: in particular, a lifetime ban is introduced on the sale of tobacco products to everyone who was born after 2008. Read more here.
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1860: British Officer's "Collection" of Māori Heads
Major General Horatio Gordon Robley was a British officer who served in New Zealand in the 1860s. He collected a "collection" of 35-40 heads from New Zealanders.
Fauna
2020: Shark attack statistics
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