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

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