MEDIA RELEASE: Taxpayers’ Union Criticism of Governor-General Unwarranted
MEDIA RELEASE: The Reserve Bank’s decision to put Charles on our coins is a missed opportunity
In 1994, the Privy Council ruled that the “Crown in Right of New Zealand” had acquired the obligations of the British Crown under the Treaty of Waitangi. This ruling disproves recent claims by the outgoing Governor-General that the Treaty requires an “unbroken” connection to the first Governor, William Hobson.
At the outset of the New Zealand-UK free trade agreement, the British Government made the point of highlighting that New Zealand and the United Kingdom “share” a head of state. Yet as we get down to the details of the agreement, there are some glaring omissions.
The Prime Minister of Barbados has announced Barbados will become a parliamentary republic on 30 November this year. The head of state will be non-executive and be elected by a joint sitting of both houses of parliament for a term of four years, renewable once.
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