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During an Oxford Union debate, a leader of this country quipped, “I can smell the uranium on [your breath]!” While visibly drunk on TV, one leader of this country called a surprise snap election, which was accordingly dubbed (-5[1])the “schnapps election.” In 2005, Pierre Lacoste confirmed rumors of a third team of divers involved in an incident in this country (-5[1])that killed Fernando Pereira. This country’s nuclear-free policy was enacted by David Lange, who was prime (-5[1])minister when a Greenpeace ship protesting (10[1]-5[1])nuclear tests in Polynesia was bombed in this country. (10[1])This country’s prime minister Helen Clark criticized the French government’s sinking of that ship, (10[1])the Rainbow (10[1])Warrior. For 10 points, name this country where the Waitangi Tribunal (10[1])was held in its capital of Wellington. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa] (The first line refers to David Lange. The “schnapps election” was called by Robert Muldoon.)
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