Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stated yesterday that she has "never sensed urgency" for a New Zealand head of state. That’s a challenge to us and our supporters.

The Prime Minister stated in the New Zealand Herald that:

"I've been very clear that despite being a republican, I'm not of the view that in the here-and-now in my term of office, that this is something New Zealanders feel particularly strongly about," Ardern said.
"I don't know that I've had one person actually raise with me generally day-to-day the issue of becoming a republic. This Government has prioritised those issues that we do see as a priority. But I do still think there will be a time and a place; I just don't see it as now."
The Prime Minister also pointed out that there are "a lot of issues that would need to be resolved in terms of our constitutional arrangements to be able to move to that place".

So there is a challenge to our campaign: to raise the issue with the Prime Minister, Ministers and other MPs.