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CSP: country in the southwestern Pacific comprising chiefly North and South Islands; capital Wellington; a dominion of the British Commonwealth.,MSH: A group of islands in the southwest Pacific. Its capital is Wellington. It was discovered by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 and circumnavigated by Cook in 1769. Colonized in 1840 by the New Zealand Company, it became a British crown colony in 1840 until 1907 when colonial status was terminated. New Zealand is a partly anglicized form of the original Dutch name Nieuw Zeeland, new sea land, possibly with reference to the Dutch province of Zeeland. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p842 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p378),NCI: A country in the Pacific, comprised of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia. (NCI),HL7V3.0: <p><b>Description:</b>Realm code for use of New Zealand</p>,NCI: A country in the Pacific, comprised of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia. (CIA World Factbook 2002)
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