But Ardern is in no rush to make it happen. 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. 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.
Ardern said 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 .