By Chris Trotter*“As a governor.” That is how Justice Minister Kiri Allan described her political function on TVNZ’s Q+A. The Governor of New Zealand ruled in the name of the British sovereign, and was appointed by her government. A territory ruled by a governor may, or may not, be democratic, but everywhere and always their duties are exercised alone. There was only one governor in office at any given time in colonial New Zealand, just as there is only one governor in office at any given time in the USA’s fifty states. If Kiri Allan is engaged in actively governing the country, then why shouldn’t she refer to herself as a “governor”.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 31, 2022 00:27 UTC