A republic by evolution

Geoff Fischer at the republican takes a critical look at the Republican Movement's campaign to have parliament nominate the Governor-General by a three-quarters majority of parliament plus majority of leaders in the House of Representatives:

The RMANZ proposal implies that the office of Governor General could, by stages, transform into the office of President of an independent republic. It  is a gradualist approach to the establishment of a republic, "soft republicanism" to use the words of former monarchist Dr Michael Cullen, which would easily fit into the conventional New Zealand way of doing things. No drama, no barricades and no blood in the streets.  If at some future time, it was deemed that the Governor-General-cum-President-cum-Tumuaki should be the representative of the nation, rather than the representative of the monarch, then New Zealanders could wake up one day to find that they were living in a fully fledged independent republic.

Geoff also provides a critical look at past New Zealand Governors-General.