The Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand is an organisation formed in 1994 whose object is to support the creation of a New Zealand republic (Aotearoa is a Māori name for New Zealand). It is Chaired by Lewis Holden. The patron of the Movement is Keri Hulme, a New Zealand writer famous for her 1985 Booker Prize winning novel The Bone People. The organisation is not aligned to any political party in New Zealand. It is not, and never has been, affiliated to the Republic of New Zealand Party in any capacity.
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