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The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae, hosted six investiture ceremonies at Government House Wellington on Tuesday 1 May (10am and 2.30pm), Wednesday 2 May (10am), Thursday 3 May (10am and 2.30pm), and Friday 4 May (10am).

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, presented the New Zealand Memorial Cross to Mary-Anne and Mark O'Donnell, the parents of the late Lt Tim O'Donnell DSD, at Government House in Wellington on 23 April 2012.

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, met the Chairman of the National Committee of the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China at Government House on 17 April 2012.

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, received a call by the Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam, on 16 April 2012 at Government House in Wellington.

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, planted a Pinus muricata in the James Hector Pinetum in the Wellington Botanic Gardens on 4 April 2012.  Sir Jerry Mateparae is the fifth Governor-General to plant a pine tree in the Pinetum following the opening by Dame Catherine Tizard on Arbor Day in 1992.

The collection of carved panels that feature in the Taupaepae, or main entrance hall, of Government House in Wellington are believed to be unique among Commonwealth Government Houses. The panels display the full “Armorial achievements” of the last Governor, Lord Islington (1910-12), who was the first resident in the House, and all subsequent Governors-General of New Zealand. 

On 23 March 2012, the Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, visited Christchurch to assist with a Habitat for Humanity project involving earthquake affected residents.

The Speaker, Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith, presented the Address in Reply to the Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, at Government House in Wellington on 22 March 2012.  

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, hosted a reception at Government House Wellington on 19 March 2012 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand.

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae, walked from Government House Wellington to Wellington Hospital on 12 March 2012 to open the refurbished Wellington Children's Hospital and to mark the start of the children's hospital centenary year. 

The Governor-General of New Zealand, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae, spent three days in Christchurch and Canterbury (21 February - 23 February 2012) to mark the first anniversary of the devastating 22 February earthquake.

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae hosted a credentials ceremony at Government House in Wellington on 8 February 2012.

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry and Lady Janine Mateparae attended a number of events at Kaikohe, Paihia, Waitangi, Porirua and central Wellington from Friday 3 February to Monday 6 February.
 
A citizenship ceremony at Government House in Wellington was a feature of Sir Jerry Mateparae’s first Waitangi Day programme.

This photo gallery contains a selection of images from those events.

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, officially opened the new Chapel Close at King's College on 2 February 2012.

On 25 January 2012, the Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, travelled to Rātana Pā to mark the birthday of the Rātana Church's founder, Tahupotiki Wiremu Rātana

Images from the first four months' of Sir Jerry Mateparae's term as Governor-General.

Images related to the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Official photographs of Their Excellencies, Lt Gen Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General of New Zealand, and Lady Janine Mateparae.

Government House Auckland is much smaller than Government House Wellington, having been originally built as a family home. Sir Frank and Lady Mappin bought the property in 1921 and spent the next 45 years, after building the residence, developing and landscaping the grounds. They gifted it to the Queen to be the Governor-General's official residence in Auckland in 1962.