Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand

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The Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand is an organization formed in 1994 whose object is to support the creation of a republic in New Zealand. The current President of the Movement is Dave Guerin, a Wellington based partner in an education consulting business. The current Patron of the Movement is Keri Hulme, a New Zealand writer famous for her 1985 Booker Prize winning novel The Bone People. In April 2005 the Movement became a founding member of Common Cause, an alliance of Commonwealth Republican Movements.

The Movement was formerly called the Republican Coalition of New Zealand, but changed its name in 1999 as a result of the renewed interest in republicanism due to the Australian referendum on the same issue. The Republican Movement is not to be confused with the Republic Aotearoa New Zealand Party or the now defunct Republican Party.

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Aims And Principles

The Movements' constitution specifys the following aims and principles:

Involving all New Zealanders in the debate;
Providing relevant and reliable information;
Focusing on ideas, not personalities;
Winning a referendum to establish the republic;
Creating a republic does not require any change to the Treaty of Waitangi, flag or Commonwealth membership.

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