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New Zealand · History · Hard

Which 1947 Act of the British Parliament, adopted by New Zealand in the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act, gave the country full legal independence and the power to amend its own constitution?

Answer: Statute of Westminster 1931 — New Zealand was the last Dominion to adopt the Statute of Westminster, waiting until 1947 ΓÇö a full 16 years after it was passed ΓÇö reflecting the reluctance of successive governments to sever the British constitutional connection.

New Zealand was the last Dominion to adopt the Statute of Westminster, waiting until 1947 ΓÇö a full 16 years after it was passed ΓÇö reflecting the reluctance of successive governments to sever the British constitutional connection.

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