New Zealand Republic is a good read and helps bring the republican issue to life. Get it free when you Join the Republican Movement.

Authors: Alan Whelan, Barrie Cook
Publisher: Niu Pacific Limited
Copyright: 1997
ISBN: 0-473-04780-2
Pages: 84

New Zealand Republic is a quick guide to the issues of New Zealand becoming a republic and republicanism in New Zealand. It's an excellent starter for those interested in the topic. This book has a populist approach with a good mix of history, nationalism, political analysis and solutions. At 84 pages it is a quick read and is an easy book to pass around a group of friends. Its main fault is a lack of detail on Treaty of Waitangi issues associated with republicanism.

Table of contents

1. Foreword - A Maori Perspective - by Edward Te Kohu Douglas
2. Hone Heke - our first republican hero
3. Aiming for independence - a few reasons why we should just do it
4. Basic changes, basic benefits - how to change and when
5. Standing up for ourselves - being subjects or citizens
6. Keeping our Head above politics - the role of the Head of State
7. Born to reign over us - the case for keeping England's monarch as New Zealand's Head of State
8. Those old colonial ties - Britain and us
9. 50 ways to leave your mother - British Crown survivors' support group share their stories
10. The shamrock and the eagle - republicanism in New Zealand
11. He taake Maori - Hone Heke to Mana Motuhake
12. Australia - their republican obstacle course
13. A sound constitution - the legal and constitutional changes
14. In case of emergencies - what to do if things go wrong
15. Minimalists, schemers, starry-eyed dreamers - the extent of change
16. Making it happen - pushing the issue all the way
17. So that's it then - a few words in conclusion
18. Glossary