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NPOV, I belive that this article does not meet the NPOV requiment, it is pro Republicanism Brian | (Talk) 09:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
The part about Queen's Counsel needs to be updated, the Republicans won that one, and it is been renamed SC Brian | (Talk) 06:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
The article on Realm of New Zealand must be re-written, or deleted. Legally it is a nonsense to suggest that the Realm of New Zealand would still exist if New Zealand was a republic. Would the United Kingdom continue if the UK became a republic?! JohnC ( talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:35, 6 February 2009 (UTC).
I propose we remove the link to the blog Queen & Country, a check shows that there have been no posts since late May, any objections? Brian | (Talk) 00:53, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
Do we need the Republicanism in Oceania template; considering that; there are only a few monarchies in Oceania and the red links are distracting. I propose that we remove it, any objections? Brian | (Talk) 00:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Reading through this I see that there are a lot of statements that are not referenced. I have added citation needed templates to several sentences but there are more needed. This article seems to get regularly edited, so was wondering if those editors could find some sources for the info in this article? - Shudda talk 07:36, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Why are we quoting Peters on Clark in the Labour Party subsection, when there's a perfectly good quote by Clark already in her own article? This looks to me like bias in the article, since the Peters quote is saying Clark is implementing Republicanism by stealth, while Clark is openly saying Republicanism is inevitable. Any objection to my putting the Clark quote in place of the Peters one?- gadfium 22:41, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Reading through the section "Recent developments" makes me wonder what this material has to do with republicanism. There are monarchies that have supreme courts, oaths without reference to the monarch, and their own national awards without any threat to their status as monarchies. I can see how the moves covered in this section show a break from Britain, but I fail to see what they have to do with abolition of the Crown. -- G2bambino 00:29, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
This is a really nice article. I propose it be given Good Article status. 60.234.139.116 06:58, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Extract from the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Final communiqué [1]
"Heads of Government also agreed that, where an existing member changes its formal constitutional status, it should not have to reapply for Commonwealth membership provided that it continues to meet all the criteria for membership."
In cases of changes in constitutional status, as when a monarchical realm becomes a republic, it was agreed that the old procedure of reapplying for membership is not necessary. It was accepted that where an existing member changes its constitutional status, e.g. from a monarchy to a republic, it should not have to reapply for Commonwealth membership as long as it continues to accept all elements of the criteria for membership. -- Dlatimer ( talk) 09:02, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi all, I came across this article and was surprised by the number of issues. It says to be bold when editting, so I have made some changes when they are obvious. I summarise below:
1) Republicanism is not really a movement, it's a political construct. The "Republican Movement" is a movement!
2) The idea does not necessarily require that a realm become a Commonwealth Republic.
3) I've removed the Hone Heke reference as there is no evidence that he was acting out of republican sentiment. He was motivated by a disagreement with authority, regardless of that authority's structure.
4)Re: Te Whiti, the citation for this source points to a self-published work which wikipedia prefers not to rely upon according to their guidelines. It could be restored, of course, if a more reliable source is found.
5)The material regarding Bolger not being supported in his call included mass attribution and no citations.
6)"His government ended the awarding of British honours in 1996, introducing a New Zealand Honours System." This has nothing to do with republicanism, it is one of a number of examples in this article which attributes a non-neutral point of view to an historical event.
7)Shipley's views on the flag are not really related to republicanism. Note the flag of Fiji.
8)Woolcott's views are not really relevant to an article on NZ republicanism.
9)Wikipedia is not a forum for debate. Many of the points listed there are mass attributions and do not express anything more than the opinions of various groups. These opinions belong on the pages of those groups.
10) Wikipedia expresses concern in their guidelines regarding the citation of editorials. The views of Colin James, while fascinating to vast swaths of the New Zealand populous, are not facts, no matter how fervently he may cling to them.
11) The opinion poll section makes numerous claims which are not backed up by citations, or use citations which are quite old. The paragraph ends with an acknowledgement that the polls are unreliable. As that is clearly the case, it seems odd to include the paragraph.
12)The Labour paragraph has been editted to remove mass attributions and he-said, she-said components.
13)If national's vote was not motivated by republicanism, as the paragraph stated, then why is it on this page?
14)The citation for Turia's views is a self-published work. Furthermore, it does not actually demonstrate the views being asserted.
15)Moved New Zealand First to the "Parties Outside Parliament" section.
16)The Privy Council reference is mass attribution again. As with point 6), this is another example of a non-neutral point of view applied to an historical event.
17) The Constitutional Issues section is highly speculative. It seems like shadow-boxing in some sort of they-say we-say dynamic. This has led to many mass attributions. I won't remove it at this moment as perhaps it can be cleaned up. However, if not it probably should come out.
18) I have removed all of the extraneous material fromt he recent developments section. Almost none of those issues directly relate to republicanism. I have left the only one that does. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.120.244 ( talk) 10:22, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
I've created the article in a sandbox for people to comment upon. It can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:130.216.172.138/Sandbox
My reasoning for these changes are as below.
Comments most welcome. Thanks to everyone who suggestted this method.
--- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.216.172.138 ( talk) 07:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
I'm impressed by the enthusiasm of the authors of this page but a little concerned about the content. This page needs a lot of work from a consistency point of view. I've made the following changes below:
1. Removed ambiguous, and somewhat poorly worded, sentence relating to support. Statements re polls incorrect as those cited are neither numerous nor recent.
2. Removed history definition and most history. There seems to be confusion between protest or rebellion, and what is a change of the entire political structure. The article is using the term at least two different ways, but assume the article is about republicanism as changing the entire governmental structure, not people protesting within the system.
3. If broadsheet has nothing to do with republicanism, as stated, then why is it here? Removed.
4. Aramoana. Again, confusing republicanism (the political concept) with rebellion.
5. Australia, Keating an Australian issue. Oddly.
6. Article about republicanism, not the monarchist league. They can advertise themselves just fine without our help.
7. Bolger’s Irish heritage is inappropriate. It is stereotyping.
8. As fascinating as the Aussie referendum was, it didn’t affect the republic in Aussie much less in New Zealand. Also nothing to do with NZ.
9. Support for Republic title is dog-whistling.
10. Political party section changed to reflect only the stated views of parties, not individuals within those parties. Removed the personal opinions, which are highly selective and misleading. If such comments belong anywhere it would be on the individuals’ personal wikipages.
11. Governor Generals removed. 3 of the 4 people quoted have no opinion re this page topic; one has no source. As with my previous comments, these are personal opinions which appear selectively collected.
12. I note and agree with a previous editor’s comments re Constitutional Issues. Section is very speculative and somewhat simplistic. Removed.
13. Commonwealth membership section similar to above. While I think correct, it appears argumentative, not encyclopaedic. It bespeaks an agenda
14. Fixed misleading quote from the Constitutional Inquiry Report. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.216.172.138 ( talk) 06:33, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Further to the discussion below I have amended the introduction to reflect what was agreed upon - specifically that Republicanism can refer to both dissent against the government historically and as the modification of the constitution.
As per the above - the lead has been re-extended to summarise the article, as per WP:SS -- Lholden ( talk) 10:13, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
I've reverted a removed paragraph regarding the Succession to the British throne as despite the editors' claim, the law itself has not yet changed, and even when (or if) it does, the discrimination against Catholics from being New Zealand's head of state remains. The paragraph should therefore stand. --LJ Holden 19:39, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
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There should be a mention of the idea of a uniquely New Zealand monarch in the article. I do not think that there are currently any sources for this idea, but they are unnecessary because it only requires one person to make a suggestion. It would be included in the debate section, and would read as follows. " It has been suggested that New Zealand should have a uniquely New Zealand monarch, whereby someone who is in line to the New Zealand throne, but who is not expected to become monarch of the United Kingdom, would become monarch of New Zealand, and reside in New Zealand. It has been claimed that this would be a suitable compromise between monarchists and republicans. This proposal, however, does not have mainstream political support. "
I disagree with its being removed from the article so promptly, and I think that republicanism in New Zealand is mostly about nationalism, and many New Zealand republicans would not object to having a uniquely New Zealand monarch. I also think that sources may be found in future.
The cited reference has a deceptive heading, because in the article the Canadian monarchists also suggest that all the Commonwealth realms, including New Zealand, should have their own unique and resident monarchs, not just Canada. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iliketoeatbeansalot ( talk • contribs) 01:17, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
There is no monarchism in New Zealand article, and many New Zealanders are republican only for nationalist reasons, and yet the section has been removed, despite having a good but deceptive source. I think this was the wrong decision.
I think that the title should be changed to Debate on the monarchy in New Zealand. There is no monarchism in New Zealand article, and creating one would be unnecessary, as this article could easily function as both a monarchism in New Zealand article and a republicanism in New Zealand article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iliketoeatbeansalot ( talk • contribs) 14:56, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
Article has next to no coverage of what type of republic (e.g. parliamentary republic or presidential republic) proponents generally favour. Nurg ( talk) 01:05, 17 September 2022 (UTC)