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Competition between high-ranking women in this country for the affection of a European whaler escalated into the Girls’ War. (10[1])The first exercise of one law code in this country was the execution of a 17-year-old boy who took the name Wiremu for killing 5 settlers. A treaty signed in this country included a term that can be translated as both “unqualified chieftainship” or “absolute sovereignty.” (10[2])A tribal (10[1])chief in this country repeatedly cut down the Union Jack near the Bay of Islands, (10[1])triggering the Flagstaff War. (10[1])In 1840, James Busby and William Hobson drafted a treaty that recognized indigenous land ownership in this country; (10[1])that treaty was signed by chiefs called Rangatira (10[1])but opposed by Musket Wars veteran Hōne Heke. For 10 points, name this country colonized by the British after the Treaty of Waitangi. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa]
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