Britain’s High Commissioner, Laura Clarke, has told Newshub Nation that our relationship with the UK won’t change when a NZer becomes our head of state. Newshub Nation reports:

"I think what New Zealand does in terms of its head of state is going to be up to the New Zealand Government and the people of New Zealand," she said. "It is really for them to decide what fits best with what they want in modern New Zealand."
But if it was to happen, she doesn't believe it would take away from New Zealand and the United Kingdom's shared values and connections.
"I think the relationship with Britain is so deep and broad. It is based on those historical ties, it is based on all the family and the people-to-people connections, the sporting rivalry. It is based also on shared values and a shared view of the world and a shared vision for the future, I would say," Clarke told Newshub Nation.
"None of those things are changed if New Zealand changes its constitutional arrangements. Those connections remain really important."

It’s time to stop looking at our relationship with the UK through colonial-era lense and make the relationship a mature state to state one. Throughout our history, it’s often been Britain’s actions that have forced us to make tentative steps towards independence.