NZ citizens keen to stay wedded to the monarchy

More than half of us think a British monarch should remain as New Zealand’s head of state, but one of those pushing for Aotearoa to divorce the monarchy says the debate is hampered by a lack of understanding of how the system works – and what the alternatives could look like.
Survey results, provided exclusively to Newsroom, show 55 percent of New Zealanders think a British monarch – currently King Charles III – should remain as this country’s head of state.