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This would be what I would propose for the Republicanism in New Zealand page. It is tight, follows wiki guidelines (particularly regarding references and quotations), and focussed on the subject. it is a radical change, but the current version suffers from some substantial flaws. I raised several of these issues on this topic's discussion page and look forward to comments from other editors. Cheers
Republicanism in New Zealand is a theoretical political concept, the implementation of which would result in changing the country's current status as a Commonwealth realm and constitutional monarchy to that of a republic. New Zealand public opinion is split between those who support the monarchy, and those who support a republic.[1][2]
History
In
Current party political positions
None of the major
Recent developments
In November 2004, Prime Minister Clark announced the formation of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the constitution. In its final report, the committee recommended wider education on the constitution and warned that "embarking on discussion of possible constitutional change may itself irretrievably unsettle the status quo without any widely agreed resolution being achievable." [6]
Keith Locke's Members Bill for a referendum on the republic issue was drawn from the members' ballot and introduced into Parliament on 14 October 2009.[7]
See also
New Zealand
- Constitution of New Zealand
- Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand
- Monarchist League of New Zealand
- Monarchy in New Zealand
Other Commonwealth Realms
- Commonwealth Realm
- Commonwealth Republic
- Republicanism in Australia
- Republicanism in Canada
- Republicanism in the United Kingdom
- Australian Republican Movement
- Australians for Constitutional Monarchy
References
- ^ A Sunday Star-Times poll, published 20 January 2006, stated there was 47% support for a New Zealand republic, and 47% support for the monarchy.
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- ^ Jonathan Milne (April 1996). "The way we were". Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ISBN 0670883697.
- United Future New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ^ Final Report of the Constitutional Inquiry. 11 August 2005.
- ^ "Parliament of New Zealand Order Paper, Thursday 15 October 2009" (PDF). 15 October 2009.
External links
- Res Publica : New Zealand international anti-monarchy Web directory
- The Monarchist League of New Zealand
- The Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand
- A Constitution for New Freeland A proposed constitution by the Libertarianz Party for a "New Freeland" republic.