▁full ▁independence ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁replacing ▁the ▁T ong an ▁p ound , ▁whose ▁value ▁had ▁been ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁Australian ▁p ound ▁( and , ▁for ▁its ▁final ▁year , ▁worth ▁two ▁Australian ▁dollars ). ▁ ▁Where as ▁the ▁T ong an ▁p ound ▁had ▁been ▁divis ible ▁into ▁ 2 0 ▁T ong an ▁sh ill ings ▁or ▁ 2 4 0 ▁T ong an ▁p ence , ▁the ▁new ▁currency , ▁the ▁pa ʻ anga ▁( T $) ▁could ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁ 1 0 0 ▁sen iti . ▁ ▁The ▁pa ' anga ▁was ▁worth ▁ 1 0 ▁T ong an ▁sh ill ings , ▁and ▁its ▁value ▁was ▁on ▁a ▁par ▁with ▁one ▁Australian ▁doll ar . ▁Born : ▁Andy ▁Par s ons , ▁English ▁com ed ian ▁and ▁writer , ▁in ▁We ym outh , ▁Dor set ▁ ▁April ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁( T ues day ) ▁By ▁a ▁vote ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁ 1 3 9 ▁to ▁ 1 1 ▁in ▁favor , ▁the ▁parliament ▁of ▁Spain ▁am ended ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁criminal ▁code ▁to ▁provide ▁for ▁terms ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁six ▁years ▁in ▁prison ▁for ▁journal ists ▁who ▁were ▁conv icted ▁of ▁repeatedly ▁critic izing ▁the ▁government , ▁and ▁up ▁to ▁six ▁months ▁for ▁publishing ▁any ▁news ▁de emed ▁to ▁be ▁" false ▁reports ▁or ▁information ▁dangerous ▁for ▁mor als ▁or ▁good ▁custom s , ▁or ▁contrary ▁to ▁the ▁ex igen cies ▁of ▁national ▁defense , ▁of