As a Kiwi, no. The monarch being head of state is purely ornamental. The head of state only has a few honourary powers that can't really be used for diddly squa

As a Kiwi, no. The monarch being head of state is purely ornamental. The head of state only has a few honourary powers that can't really be used for diddly squat. It's this way for tradition reasons, same as why we didn't end up changing our flag in the end, after a million dollar referendum. Tho I wish we were able to use the silver fern flag, that would've been rad.