Lord Ashcroft Polls has produced a series of opinion polls just before the Coronation on Saturday.

The opinion poll, which surveyed 2,000 NZers, found:

A majority of Kiwis think New Zealand will be ready to become a republic in 10 years
Six of the 15 countries where the King was head of state would vote to become a republic today
44 per cent of respondents said the monarchy was “part of a colonial past that has no place in the country today”.
Two-thirds of under 24s support a republic
One-third of over 65s support a republic
34 per cent of New Zealanders would vote for the country to become a republic today
44 per cent want to keep the monarchy today
41 per cent of those who wanted to keep the monarch said they came to their opinion because they thought it would be a good thing. The rest said the alternative would be worse.
Only 7 per cent of respondents called themselves “committed royalists”.
A majority of people in Antigua, Australia, the Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica and the Solomon Islands wanted to a become republic.