the ligitemacy of the New Zealand government. In Fact, it is illigitemate and defacto, in that, we as the population of the geographical area known as New Zealand, were never given the opportunity to ratify our, constitution, Bill of rights, governmental and council structures or the laws and judicial systems of our society from 1920 when we were invited into the league of nations - the forerunner to the United Nations, as a founding member along with Australia, Canada and others, thus we were given our soveriegnty. New Zealand was granted Dominion status in 1907. The title Dominion meant nothing significant in British law and legislation, the term was synonymous with colony. Membership of the League of Nations was restricted only to sovereign countries, and Article XX of the Covenant of the League of Nations required the extinguishment of any colonial laws applying to a member state pre-Sovereignty. That meant the Constitution Acts in New Zealand and Australia passed prior to independence became legally void under international law. It was a condition of membership of the League of Nations and later the United Nations. But no new constitutions were ever forthcoming in either country. They simply rolled over the British systems, and never marked the departure of british Law, by a break in legal continuity. So the fact is that no laws passed by Britain are valid in New Zealand or Australia, nor have they been since 1920 and yet we still operate under the Crown british law system, which is foreign and therefore defacto and illigitemate. We were told quite clearly in the speech from British Prime Minister Lloyd George at the Imperial Conference of 1921, when he said: "In recognition of their service and achievements during the war, the British Dominions have now been accepted fully into the comity of the nations of the whole world. They are signatories to the Treaty of Versailles and all other treaties of peace." "They are members of the Assembly of the League of Nations, and their representatives have already attended meetings of the League. In other words, they have achieved full national status and they now stand beside the United Kingdom as equal partners in the dignities and responsibilities of the British Commonwealth." "If there are any means by which that status can be rendered even more clear to their own communities and to the world at large, we shall be glad to have them put forward." He was openly asking for more evidence and stating that a change of constitutional status had taken place and we were given our soveriegnty - standing beside, not under the British Commonwealth.
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