20 Apr 2023

History with Dr Grant Morris: NZ as a Domain

From Afternoons, 3:20 pm on 20 April 2023

The Dominion Post newspaper has announced that it will now be called the Post, dropping 'Dominion' from its masthead. The editor stated that "we are under no-one's dominion" and it was time for a change. But what is the history of New Zealand's status as a dominion and what does it mean today? The answer is very surprising.

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