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Monarchy New Zealand is a national, non-partisan, not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to promote, support and defend the constitutional monarchy of New Zealand. In addition to the general public, the organisation's membership includes a number of academics with expertise on the monarchy, as well as numerous lawyers and political figures with practical experience relating to the crown. It is currently chaired by Simon O'Connor. The patron of the organisation is former Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives Sir Peter Tapsell.

Aims and principles
Monarchy New Zealand includes the following aims and principles:
 * 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. It was rebranded Monarchy New Zealand in 2010.

Council
The national executive of the organisation as of July 2011:
 * Simon O'Connor (Chair)
 * Sean Palmer (Vice-Chair)
 * Alex Summerlee (Secretary)
 * Valerie Winn (Treasurer)
 * Brian Anderton
 * Aaron Hape
 * Oliver Ibbetson
 * Chloe Oldfield

Past Chairs

 * Merv Tilsley (1995 - 2000)
 * Noel Cox (2000 - 2010)
 * Simon O'Connor (2010 - )

Publications

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