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  2. Kupe - Wikipedia

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    Detail of Kupe and his wife Kūrāmarotini from the statue on the Wellington waterfront. Kupe was a legendary [1] Polynesian explorer who, according to Māori oral history, was the first person to discover New Zealand. [2] It is likely that Kupe existed historically, but this is difficult to confirm.

  3. File:Statue of Kupe, Wellington Waterfront.jpg - Wikipedia

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    This statue of Kupe, on the Wellington Waterfront, shows the legendary explorer with his wife, Hine Te Apārangi, and his tohunga (priest), Pekahourangi. Date 23 October 2009, 19:34:11

  4. New Zealand Centennial Exhibition - Wikipedia

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    Kupe Statue at the Centennial Exhibition Roller coaster In February 1938 tenders were invited by the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition Company Ltd for official photographer for the Exhibition. The submission of Eileen Olive Deste (1908–1986) included a testimonial from John A. Lee , under-secretary for housing in the Labour government, for a ...

  5. Coup d'état - Wikipedia

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    Specifically the pronunciamiento is the formal declaration deposing the previous government and justifying the installation of the new government by the golpe de estado. One author distinguishes a coup, in which a military or political faction takes power for itself, from a pronunciamiento , in which the military deposes the existing government ...

  6. State government - Wikipedia

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    A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy , or be subject to the direct control of the federal government.

  7. Enumerated powers (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers." For the first time in sixty years the Court found that in creating a federal statute, Congress had exceeded the power granted to it by the Commerce Clause. [citation needed] In National Federation of Independent Business v.

  8. Puppet state - Wikipedia

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    A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government [1] is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders. [2] Puppet states have nominal sovereignty , except that a foreign power effectively exercises control through economic or military support. [ 3 ]

  9. Creature of statute - Wikipedia

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    The importance of a corporate body, regardless of its exact function, when such a body is a creature of statute is that its active functions can only be within the scope detailed by the statute which created that corporation. Thereby, the creature of statute is the tangible manifestation of the functions or work described by a given statute.