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  • Media Advisory: Governor-General visit to Gallipoli for Anzac Day

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Fri 20 Apr 2018

    The Governor-General, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy, GNZM, QSO, will represent the people of New Zealand at the 2018 Anzac Day commemorations in Gallipoli.

  • Governor-General’s Waitangi programme (3-8 February)

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    Issue date:
    Thu 1 Feb 2018

     

    A welcome at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and a citizenship ceremony in Auckland will be key events in Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy’s extended programme commemorating Waitangi Day.

     

  • Credentials ceremonies to be held at Government House in Wellington

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Mon 26 Jun 2017

    Envoys for the United States of America, Panama and Myanmar will present their credentials to the Governor-General, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy, at Government House in Wellington on Wednesday (Wednesday 28 June, 2017).

  • Investitures at Government House Wellington

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    Issue date:
    Fri 19 May 2017

  • Governor-General to Visit Italy and Barbados

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    Issue date:
    Fri 5 May 2017

    The Governor-General, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy and Sir David Gascoigne will depart for an official visit to Italy and Barbados on Saturday 6 May.

  • Governor-General to visit the King Country

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Wed 29 Mar 2017

  • Official Visit to Niue and The Cook Islands

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    Issue date:
    Tue 21 Mar 2017

    The Governor-General, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy and Sir David Gascoigne will depart for an official visit to Niue and the Cook Islands on Tuesday, 21 March.

  • Governor-General to visit the Nelson-Tasman Region

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Mon 20 Feb 2017

    The visit of Governor-General, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy and Sir David Gascoigne to the Nelson/Tasman region, which was postponed late last year, will now take place this week. 

  • Visit to Nelson-Tasman Postponed

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Tue 15 Nov 2016

    The Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy has postponed her planned trip to the Nelson-Tasman region, due to the recent earthquakes.

  • Governor-General to visit the Nelson-Tasman Region

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Fri 11 Nov 2016

    Innovation, technology and environmental initiatives will feature in the upcoming visit of the Governor-General, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy and husband Sir David Gascoigne to the Nelson/Tasman region next week.

  • Auckland Investitures October 2016

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    Issue date:
    Fri 30 Sep 2016

  • Governor-General congratulates New Zealand Olympians

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    Issue date:
    Mon 22 Aug 2016

    The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae has congratulated all the New Zealand athletes who competed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

    He said that they had been great representatives of our country.

  • Matairangi Mahi Toi - Massey University Press Release

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    Issue date:
    Wed 6 Jul 2016

    An inaugural Māori and Pasifika arts residency, a legacy of Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae’s tenure as Governor General, will be marked by the installation of a distinctive sculpture at Massey University.

  • Governor-General's Visit to London

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Wed 8 Jun 2016

    This evening, the Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae and Lady Janine Mateparae will depart for an official visit to London.

  • Governor-General's Visit to Greece and London

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    Issue date:
    Fri 13 May 2016

    On 15 May, the Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae and Lady Janine Mateparae will depart for an official visit to Greece.

  • The Governor-General's Anzac of the year Award 2016

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    Issue date:
    Thu 21 Apr 2016

    The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae will present the Governor-General’s Anzac of the Year Award at a function at Government House in Wellington at 5.30pm on Friday 22 April, 2016. 

  • Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 90th Birthday

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    Issue date:
    Thu 21 Apr 2016

    The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae has conveyed best birthday wishes of all New Zealanders to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as she celebrates her 90th birthday today.

  • Investitures at Government House Auckland

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    Issue date:
    Wed 20 Apr 2016

  • New Envoys to present their credentials in Wellington

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    Issue date:
    Tue 19 Apr 2016

    Envoys for India, Argentina, Philippines, Hungary, Guinea and Zimbabwe will present their credentials to the Governor-General, Lt Gen Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, at Government House in Wellington on Wednesday (Wednesday 20 April, 2016).

  • Investitures at Government House in April

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    Issue date:
    Mon 11 Apr 2016

  • Investitures at Government House in April

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Mon 11 Apr 2016

    All Black Captain Richie McCaw; All Black support team members Dr John Mayhew and Gibert Enoka; sports broadcaster John McBeth; tertiary sector innovator Penny Simmonds; Supreme Court Judge Terence Arnold; netball stalwart Waimarama Taumanu; and Anglica

  • Investitures at Government House in April

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Mon 11 Apr 2016

    All Black Captain Richie McCaw; All Black support team members Dr John Mayhew and Gibert Enoka; sports broadcaster John McBeth; tertiary sector innovator Penny Simmonds; Supreme Court Judge Terence Arnold; netball stalwart Waimarama Taumanu; and Anglica

  • Appointment of Dame Patsy Reddy

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    Issue date:
    Tue 22 Mar 2016

    The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae has welcomed the news of the appointment of his successor-designate, Dame Patsy Reddy.

  • Appointment of Dame Patsy Reddy

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    Issue date:
    Tue 22 Mar 2016

    The Queen, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, has been pleased to approve the appointment of Dame Patsy Reddy as the next Governor-General of New Zealand.

  • Bledisloe Garden Reception Cancelled

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Sat 6 Feb 2016

  • The Governor-General in Waitangi 2016

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Wed 3 Feb 2016

    The opening of the new Museum of Waitangi and a citizenship ceremony at Government House in Auckland are two of the events featured in the Governor-General’s Waitangi programme this year.

  • Governor-General discharged from hospital

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Mon 7 Dec 2015


    The Governor-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae is recuperating at Government House in Wellington after his recent successful cardiac surgery.

  • Governor-General undergoes surgery

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Mon 30 Nov 2015

    The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae is recuperating in hospital after undergoing cardiac surgery this morning.

  • Formal Statement on the Paris Attacks

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Mon 16 Nov 2015

    The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae said that the impact of the terrorist attacks on innocent civilians in Paris is being felt all around the world.

  • Statement regarding the Paris terrorist attacks

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Sat 14 Nov 2015

  • Governor-General's Visit to Central Otago and Fiordland

    News and updates
    Issue date:
    Fri 13 Nov 2015

    Tourism, outstanding community work and conservation initiatives will be a focus of the upcoming visit of the Governor-General, Lt Gen Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae and Lady Janine Mateparae to Central Otago and Fiordland.

  • Ballot opens for Bledisloe Garden Reception

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    Issue date:
    Fri 13 Nov 2015

    >>Enter the ballot here

    A  ballot for invitations to next year’s Waitangi Day Bledisloe Reception at Government House in Auckland will open online on Friday 13 November at 12 noon.

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