Hon John Key appointed as Prime Minister
The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, congratulates Hon John Key after appointing him as Prime Minister of the new National-led Government at a ceremony at Parliament on 19 November 2008. Mr Key is New Zealand's 25th Prime Minister since the first New Zealander to formally hold that title, William Hall-Jones, briefly served in 1906. Standing to the right of the Governor-General is Rebecca Kitteridge, Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to the Cabinet. Photo courtesy of Photography by Woolf.