Dean Knight - Constitutional Advisor

Dean is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Associate Director of the New Zealand Centre for Public Law at Victoria University of Wellington. He is passionate about ensuring that our public offices, institutions and civic identity reflect the New Zealand nation we live it - Kiwiness matters and that's why we need to have our own home-grown and independent Head of State.

Dean also teaches and publishes on constitutional matters, including the monarchy and Head of State; his primary role in the campaign is advising on constitutional matters and the blue-print for change.

Email: dean.knight@vuw.ac.nz

Savage - Secretary, Membership

Savage is an union organiser in the aviation industry. Savage was one of the co-founders of the New Zealand Republic campaign in 1994.

He wants a country where all New Zealanders are empowered to participate fully in democratic decision-making. He is committed to improving the standard of public debate and to ensuring a political system based on fairness and transparency. He has dual UK/NZ citizenship. He has only one name.

Phone: 027 590 0074

Email: membership@republic.org.nz

Elizabeth Soal - Elizabeth says: “I’m thrilled to be appointed to the Executive of New Zealand Republic - Kia Mana Motuhake a Aotearoa, and to support the campaign as Female Spokesperson. I strongly believe in principles of mana motuhake - independence; kotahitanga - unity; and manapouri - democracy, as I believe most New Zealanders do. The work of our organisation is critical to ensuring that decision-makers and the public alike gain knowledge and understanding of why these principles naturally translate into a New Zealand head of state and constitutional reform. 

I look forward to helping take this message to new audiences and supporting the movement to grow across the motu.

Phone: 021 454 615

Email: ejcsoal@icloud.com