The Dominion of New Zealand was the historical successor to the Colony of New Zealand. It was a constitutional monarchy with a high level of self-government within the British Empire.
Lord Plunket declaring New Zealand a Dominion, Wellington, 26 September 1907
The New Zealand Gazette published the royal proclamation.
King George V with the prime ministers of the British Dominions at the 1926 Imperial Conference.
The Labour government of Peter Fraser adopted the Statute of Westminster in 1947.
The Colony of New Zealand was a colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that encompassed the islands of New Zealand from 1841 to 1907. The power of the British Government was vested in the governor of New Zealand. The colony had three successive capitals: Okiato in 1841; Auckland from 1841 to 1865; and Wellington from 1865, which continues as the capital of New Zealand today.
William Hobson, the first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi
In 1907, Edward VII declared New Zealand to be a Dominion.