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New Zealand Minister, may be given by producing:

    (a) the New Zealand Gazette purporting to contain the instrument; or

    (b) a document purporting:

      (i) to be a copy of the instrument; and

      (ii) to have been printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government; or

    (c) if the instrument was made by the Governor-General in Council of New Zealand—a copy or extract of the instrument purporting to have been certified as a true copy or extract by the Clerk of the Executive Council of New Zealand; or

    (d) a copy or extract of the instrument purporting to have been certified as a true copy or extract by a New Zealand Minister.

"(2) Evidence is not required of the handwriting or official position of a person who certifies an instrument under subsection (1).

Evidence of New Zealand proclamations and other acts of state

"11g. Evidence of a proclamation or other act of state of New Zealand may be given by producing a copy of it:

  (a) that is proved to be an examined copy; or

  (b) that purports to be sealed with the seal of New Zealand.

Evidence of public documents admissible in New Zealand under New Zealand Acts

"11h. (1) If, under a New Zealand Act, a public document is admissible in evidence, to any extent or for any purpose, the document is, without further proof, admissible in evidence to the same extent and for the same purpose if it purports to be sealed, stamped, signed, signed and sealed or signed and stamped in accordance with the New Zealand Act.

"(2) If a document is admissible in evidence under subsection (1), a certified copy of it, or a certified extract from it, is also admissible in evidence.

Evidence of other New Zealand public documents

"11j. If, under New Zealand law, a public document is admissible in evidence, to any extent or for any purpose, without proof of:

  (a) the seal, stamp or signature that authenticates it; or

  (b) the judicial or official character of the person who appears to have signed it;

the document is admissible in evidence to the same extent and for the same purpose without such proof.

Evidence of New Zealand documents of a public nature

"11k. If a New Zealand document is of such a public nature as to be admissible in evidence in New Zealand on its mere production from the proper custody, a copy of or extract from it is admissible in evidence if the copy or extract:

    (a) is proved to be an examined copy or extract; or

    (b) purports to be signed and certified as a true copy or extract by a New Zealand officer who certifies that he or she