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D. New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. Britain’s Elizabeth II is Queen of New Zealand, a former British colony. She is represented by a governor-general (currently a woman), whom the queen appoints on the advice of the prime minister who as leader of parliament is the nation’s de facto chief executive.
A. The New South Wales colony was established in 1788 at what is now Sydney, Australia, as a destination for convicts from the British Isles. New Zealand became a separate British Colony in 1841. Australia is about 900 miles west of New Zealand across the Tasman Sea.
C. Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy where the king and royal family hold complete control over the government. But voters can elect municipal councils, which have limited decision-making powers on local issues such as rubbish collection and street maintenance. In 2015, women were allowed to vote and run for the local councils for the first time.
B. When they arrived by canoe, the Maori named the land Aotearoa, commonly translated as "the land of the long white cloud". New Zealand has the largest of the Pacific Ocean’s Polynesian islands which extend north to Hawaii and east to Easter Island off the coast of Chile. Natives of these islands speak Polynesian languages.