The cheaper option
In his letter to this paper (November 17) Geoff Parker points out some very scary facts of goings-on behind closed doors about New Zealand's future.
Two very good reasons to not want to a presidential type of leadership in New Zealand are:
1) seldom do the best people come forward for candidacy, so we are left with the wannabes, and
2) the humungous costs of regular presidential elections and all the hoopla they will entail, then the necessary elevation and subsequent care of the elected one, would come out streets ahead of what we have now, which is the occasional royal visit.