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Each year, with the permission of his family the Republican Movement awards The Allen Bell Memorial Award to the person or organisation who has done the most in the preceding year to advance the cause of a New Zealand republic.

Former MP Keith Locke, winner of the Allen Bell Memorial Award 2011.

The award commemorates former MP Colonel Allen Bell an early advocate of a New Zealand republic.

6 September 2008 marks 60 years of New Zealand citizenship. Over half a century ago New Zealand's Parliament passed the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948, which made New Zealanders "British subjects and New Zealand citizens" from 1 January 1949, rather than solely British subjects.

Constitutional Inquiry - the Government announced a constitutional inquiry at the Labour Party conference on 13 November 2004. While the genesis of the inquiry is in the debate around the Treaty of Waitangi, the inquiry will be able to cover related constitutional issues, including republicanism.

Links to useful websites in the republic debate, and general informative links on New Zealand's constitution and government, the Commonwealth, other republican movements in the Commonwealth and supporters of the monarchy.

These links are provided for informative purposes only, the Republican Movement takes no responsibility for the content on the websites linked to. To link to us, click here.

From flagpoles to polls: A history of republicanism in New Zealand. Republicanism in New Zealand is not a new concept, with a number of examples in New Zealand existing from the 19th century that could be called "republics". This page looks at the long history of republicanism in New Zealand, from flagpoles to political polls.

The 2002 Royal Tour was the Queen's 10th visit to New Zealand in the 50 years of Her Majesty's reign, highlighting the part-time nature of the role for the Queen. It was originally planned for late 2001, but was rescheduled after post September 11 security concerns.