Manawatu Standard: Any Republic decision needs consideration

The Manawatu Standard writes:

The argument rear its head time and again. Mr Cullen, now deputy
chairman of New Zealand Post, has entered the debate again. He said the
country's path towards republicanism was "inevitable".

With the Queen's advancing years – she is 85 next year – he said a
discussion needed to be held as to whether Prince Charles carries on
with tradition and becomes King Charles III and our traditional head of
state.

His suggestion was that upon the Queen's death, Parliament could
take a vote (needing a 75 per cent majority) to transfer power to
whoever is Governor-General at the time.

Instead of being the monarch's representative in New Zealand, the
Governor-General would effectively be a temporary head of state, while
the country sorted out which path it wanted to take.