Ko te arotake o te āhuatanga tōrangapū i Ahitereiria mai i te 1970 ki te wa nei e whakaatu ana, ahakoa kaore i whakarerekehia te tūranga o te ariki hei upoko o te kawanatanga, kua tohe etahi o nga Ahitereiria mo te whakarereke i te kaupapa ture ki roto i te ahua o te kawanatanga a te kawanatanga, e kii ana ratou, he pai ake te ahua o te Commonwealth o Ahitereiria i te kingitanga o naianei. Ahakoa e whakamahi ana ngā pūtake mōhiohio o nāianei i te whakaahuatanga "te upoko o te kāwanatanga" mō te ariki, i te arahi ki te pōti tūmatanui
I te tau 1999, i whakaarohia e Sir David Smith tetahi whakamarama rereke, kei a Ahitereiria he upoko kawanatanga i roto i te tangata o te Kawana-Tianara, mai i te 1965 kua noho tonu he taangata Ahitereiria. He tautoko tēnei tirohanga i roto i te rōpū Ahitereiria mō te Rangatiratanga Ture. Kua hoahoahia hei whakahe i nga whakahe a nga pirihimana, penei i te Movement Republic o Ahitereiria, kaore e taea e tetahi Ahitereiria te noho, te whakauru ranei ki te kowhiri i te rangatira o te kawanatanga o Ahitereiria. Ko te pukapuka matua mo te ture ture o Ahitereiria e penei ana te whakatakoto i te tūnga: "Ko te Kuini, e tohuhia ana i Ahitereiria e te Kawana-Tianara, ko ia te upoko o te kawanatanga o Ahitereiria".