Photo:The capital's last daily paper The Dominion Post is dropping the word "dominion" from its name - and its parent company is signalling further change. "The Dom", which was started 21 years ago as a merger of The Dominion and The Evening Post, is being rebranded to just The Post. She declined RNZ's request for an interview today, saying the team was focused on giving The Dominion Post "a fitting farewell" over the next fortnight before launching The Post. It was actually under Pankhurst's editorship that The Dominion Post ran a campaign to make New Zealand a republic. Republican Movement chair Lewis Holden said the 1907 royal proclamation of dominion status has never been revoked, so technically New Zealand was still a dominion.

Source: Stuff April 14, 2023 13:01 UTC