Editing Dependent territory (section)

===New Zealand===
{{Main|Realm of New Zealand}}

[[New Zealand]] has two [[political status of the Cook Islands and Niue|self-governing associated states]], one dependent territory, and a territorial claim in Antarctica.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Salesa |first1=Damon Ieremia |title=Island time : New Zealand's Pacific futures |date=2017 |publisher=Bridget Williams Books |location=Wellington, New Zealand |isbn=9781988533506 |pages=6–7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtdBDwAAQBAJ}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2024}}

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! Associated state !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
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| {{flag|Cook Islands}} || Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand since 1965. Cook Islands' status is considered to be equivalent to independence for international law purposes, and the country exercises full sovereignty over its internal and external affairs.<ref name="justice.govt.nz">{{cite web|url=http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/publications-archived/2000/pacific-peoples-constitution-report-september-2000/documents/Bibliography.doc|title=Find a publication &#124; New Zealand Ministry of Justice|access-date=2013-11-14|archive-date=2016-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429042126/http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/publications-archived/2000/pacific-peoples-constitution-report-september-2000/documents/Bibliography.doc|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under the terms of the free association agreement, however, New Zealand retains some responsibility for the foreign relations and defence of the Cook Islands. These responsibilities confer no rights of control and are exercised only at the request of the Cook Islands Government. The government of New Zealand does not consider it appropriate for the Cook Islands to have a separate seat at the United Nations, due to its continued use of the right of Cook Islanders to have [[New Zealand nationality law|New Zealand citizenship]].<ref name="Cook Islands UN">{{cite web|url=http://hpr2.org/post/pacific-news-minute-cook-islands-bid-un-membership-hold|title=Pacific News Minute: Cook Islands Bid for UN Membership On Hold|first=Neal|last=Conan|publisher=Hawai'i Public Radio|date=11 August 2015|access-date=6 April 2019|archive-date=9 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209114008/http://www.hpr2.org/post/pacific-news-minute-cook-islands-bid-un-membership-hold|url-status=dead}}</ref>|| [[ISO 3166-2:CK|CK]]
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| {{flag|Niue}} || Self-governing state in free association with New Zealand since 1974. Niue's status is considered to be equivalent to independence for international law purposes, and the country exercises full sovereignty over its internal and external affairs.<ref name="justice.govt.nz"/> Under the terms of the free association agreement, however, New Zealand retains some responsibility for the foreign relations and defence of Niue. These responsibilities confer no rights of control and are exercised only at the request of the Government of Niue. The government of New Zealand does not consider it appropriate for the Niue to have a separate seat at the United Nations, due to its continued use of the right of Niueans to have [[New Zealand nationality law|New Zealand citizenship]].<ref name="Cook Islands UN"/> || [[ISO 3166-2:NU|NU]]
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! Dependent territory !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
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| {{flag|Tokelau}} || Territory of New Zealand. A UN-sponsored referendum on self-governance in [[2006 Tokelauan self-determination referendum|February 2006]] did not produce the two-thirds [[supermajority]] necessary for changing the current political status. Another one was in [[2007 Tokelauan self-determination referendum|October 2007]], which failed to reach the two-thirds margin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Connell |first1=John |editor1-last=Baldacchino |editor1-first=Godfrey |editor2-last=Milne |editor2-first=David |title=The case for non-sovereignty : lessons from sub-national island jurisdictions |date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415455503 |pages=157–168 |url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21071 |chapter=‘We are not ready’ : colonialism or autonomy in Tokelau}}</ref> Appears on the [[United Nations list of non-self-governing territories]]. || [[ISO 3166-2:TK|TK]]
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! Dependent territory<br />(uninhabited, claimed) !! Administration !! ISO 3166 country code
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| ''{{flag|Ross Dependency}}'' || This is New Zealand's [[territorial claims in Antarctica|Antarctic claim]]. Unlike Tokelau and the associated states (Cook Islands and Niue), the Ross Dependency is, according to the New Zealand government, constitutionally part of New Zealand.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100522033422/http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Antarctica/1-New-Zealand-and-Antarctica/index.php New Zealand and Antarctica]. NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 2010</ref> || No unique ISO 3166 country codes
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