page_title: New Zealand
section_title: Foreign relations and military
hierarchical_section_title: New Zealand / Government and politics / Foreign relations and military
caption_attribution_description: العربية: كتيبة الماوري في الجيش البريطاني، يظهر في الصُورة الأفراد الناجين من حرب تحرير اليونان من النازيين، ويؤدي أفرادها رقصة الهاكا في حُلوان، بِمصر على شرف ملك اليونان. من اليسار إلى اليمين، الرجال الأربعة في المُقدِّمة هم جون مانويل، ماكا وايت، تي كوتي ريهانا، ورانگي هندرسون.يُمكن الاطلاع على نسخة مقصوصة من هذه الصُورة على متن طابعٍ من فئة ANZAC صادر سنة 2008.[1] English: Māori Battalion survivors of action in Greece, performing a haka in Helwan, Egypt for the King of Greece. From left to right, the four men in the foreground are John Manuel, Maaka White, Te Kooti Reihana, and Rangi Henderson.A cropped version of this photo featured on an ANZAC commemorative stamp issued in 2008.[2] Español: Soldados del "Batallón Maorí" del ejército de Nueva Zelanda, que participaron en la batalla de Grecia, realizan un haka para el rey Jorge II de Grecia en Helwan, Egipto, hacia junio de 1941, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Français&#160;: Les soldats d'un bataillon maori de l'armée néo-zélandaise ayant participé à la bataille de Grèce accomplissent un haka pour le roi des Hellènes, à Helwan, en Égypte, à la fin juin 1941. Galego: Soldados do Batallón Maorí do exército de Nova Zelandia, que participaron na batalla de Grecia, realizan unha haka para o rei Xurxo II de Grecia en Helwan, Exipto, cara a xuño de 1941, durante a segunda guerra mundial. Polski: Batalion Maoryski, który brał udział w&#160;Bitwie o&#160;Grecję, wykonuje hakę przed królem Grecji w&#160;Heluanie, w&#160;Egipcie. Od lewej do prawej, czterej męzczyźnie na&#160;pierwszym planie to John Manuel, Maaka White, Te Kooti Reihana oraz Rangi Henderson. W&#160;2008 roku ta fotografia została wykorzystana na&#160;pamiątkowym znaczku pocztowym wydanym z&#160;okazji Anzac Day.
context_page_description: New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It comprises two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island —and around 600 smaller islands, covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres. New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland.
  Owing to their remoteness, the islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable lands to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands, and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands.
context_section_description: Early colonial New Zealand allowed the British Government to determine external trade and be responsible for foreign policy. The 1923 and 1926 Imperial Conferences decided that New Zealand should be allowed to negotiate its own political treaties and the first commercial treaty was ratified in 1928 with Japan. On 3 September 1939 New Zealand allied itself with Britain and declared war on Germany with Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage proclaiming, "Where she goes, we go; where she stands, we stand."
  In 1951 the United Kingdom became increasingly focused on its European interests, while New Zealand joined Australia and the United States in the ANZUS security treaty. The influence of the United States on New Zealand weakened following protests over the Vietnam War, the refusal of the United States to admonish France after the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, disagreements over environmental and agricultural trade issues and New Zealand's nuclear-free policy. Despite the United States' suspension of ANZUS obligations the treaty remained in effect between New Zealand and Australia, whose foreign policy has followed a similar historical trend. Close political contact is maintained between the two countries, with free trade agreements and travel arrangements that allow citizens to visit, live and work in both countries without restrictions. In 2013 there were about 650,000 New Zealand citizens living in Australia, which is equivalent to 15% of the resident population of New Zealand.
  New Zealand has a strong presence among the Pacific Island countries. A large proportion of New Zealand's aid goes to these countries and many Pacific people migrate to New Zealand for employment. Permanent migration is regulated under the 1970 Samoan Quota Scheme and the 2002 Pacific Access Category, which allow up to 1,100 Samoan nationals and up to 750 other Pacific Islanders respectively to become permanent New Zealand residents each year. A seasonal workers scheme for temporary migration was introduced in 2007 and in 2009 about 8,000 Pacific Islanders were employed under it. New Zealand is involved in the Pacific Islands Forum, the Pacific Community, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (including the East Asia Summit). New Zealand has been described as an emerging power. The country is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and participates in the Five Power Defence Arrangements.
  New Zealand's military services—the Defence Force—comprise the New Zealand Army, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the Royal New Zealand Navy. New Zealand's national defence needs are modest, since a direct attack is unlikely. However, its military has had a global presence. The country fought in both world wars, with notable campaigns in Gallipoli, Crete, El Alamein and Cassino. The Gallipoli campaign played an important part in fostering New Zealand's national identity and strengthened the ANZAC tradition it shares with Australia.
  In addition to Vietnam and the two world wars, New Zealand fought in the Second Boer War, the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, the Gulf War and the Afghanistan War. It has contributed forces to several regional and global peacekeeping missions, such as those in Cyprus, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Sinai, Angola, Cambodia, the Iran–Iraq border, Bougainville, East Timor, and the Solomon Islands.
caption: Māori Battalion haka in Egypt, 1941
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