Monarchy New Zealand is a national, non-partisan, not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to promote, support and defend the constitutional

Constitutional monarchy

Constitutional monarchy is a form of government in which a monarch acts as head of state within the parameters of a constitution, whether it be a written, uncodified or blended constitution...

 monarchy of New Zealand. In addition to the general public, the organisation's membership includes a number of academics as well as numerous lawyers and political figures. It is currently chaired by Sean Palmer. The patron of the organisation is former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives

Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives

In New Zealand the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the New Zealand House of Representatives...

 Sir Peter Tapsell

Peter Tapsell (New Zealand)

Sir Peter Wilfred Tapsell, KNZM, MBE, FRCS, FRCSEd was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996...

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Aims and principles

Monarchy New Zealand's aims and principles include:

• To bring together New Zealanders of diverse backgrounds to celebrate and support the Monarchy of New Zealand.
• To promote, and engage in, the study of the Monarchy, and the roles of the Crown in the New Zealand system of democratic government.
• To inform the New Zealand public of the contemporary importance of the Monarchy for the New Zealand identity.

Crown & Koru

Crown & Koru is Monarchy New Zealand's quarterly magazine. It features news and in-depth articles relating to the Monarchy of New Zealand as well as information about the organisation. The journal was first published in 1997 and has been produced continuously since then. It was originally known as "Monarchy New Zealand" but the name was changed in 2010.

History

The organisation was formed as the The Monarchist League of New Zealand in 1995 and incorporated in April 1996.

In 2002, the Monarchist League campaigned against the abolition of appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom. Established by the Judicial Committee Act 1833 to hear appeals formerly heard by the King in Council The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is one of the highest courts in the United...

 and the creation of the Supreme Court of New Zealand

Supreme Court of New Zealand

The Supreme Court of New Zealand is the highest court and the court of last resort in New Zealand, having formally come into existence on 1 January 2004. The court sat for the first time on 1 July 2004. It replaced the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, based in London...

. The group held a dinner to mark the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II

Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II

The Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was the international celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Elizabeth II to the thrones of seven countries, upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, and was intended by the Queen to be both a commemoration of her 50...

 on 9 June of that year.

It was rebranded Monarchy New Zealand in 2010.

Council

The national executive of the organisation as of November 2011 is:

• Alex Summerlee (Secretary)
• Valerie Winn (Treasurer)
• Brian Anderton
• Aaron Hape
• Oliver Ibbetson
• Chloe Oldfield

List of chairs

• Merv Tilsley (1995–2000)
• Noel Cox (2000–2010)
• Simon O'Connor
  Simon O'Connor
  Simon O'Connor is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. He is a member of the National Party.-Early life:O'Connor completed training to be a Catholic priest but did not seek ordination....
  
  (since 2010-2011)
• Sean Palmer (Acting Chair since 2011)

Publications

• Crown & Koru - quarterly journal of Monarchy New Zealand (ISSN 1179-6588)
• New Zealand’s Monarchy - Monarchist League of New Zealand, (1998)

External links

• Monarchy New Zealand