New Zealanders willing to get rid of British monarchy
The majority of New Zealanders would prefer to have an independent head of state instead of being ruled by the British monarchy, it has been claimed.
In a new poll carried out by New Zealand Republic, a republican pressure group, 59 per cent of people voted in favour of having an independent head of state, while 34 per cent of people said they would prefer to keep the monarchy when the next head of state is named.
The poll shows an increase in favour of independent rule since March 2014, when 47 per cent of people said they would not keep the monarchy.
Peter Hamilton, chair of New Zealand Republic and the former deputy secretary of foreign affairs and trade said he believed Brexit, the flag debate and the Queen’s age had contributed to the outcome of the vote, Stuff reported.
But Dr. Sean Palmer, chair of the organisation Monarchy New Zealand, questioned the result.
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