Congratulatory messages from the Governor-General and The King
Each year, Government House sends messages to people in New Zealand to celebrate significant wedding anniversaries and birthdays.
His Majesty The King (through Government House) sends messages of congratulations on the following occasions:
- wedding anniversary - 60th, 65th, 70th and every anniversary thereafter
- birthday - 100 years, 105 years and older.
The Governor-General sends messages of congratulations on the following occasions:
- wedding anniversary - 50th, 60th, 65th, 70th and every anniversary thereafter
- birthday - 100 years, 105 years and older.
To find out more about anniversaries that qualify for a congratulatory message, contact us via:
- web: www.govt.nz/congratulatory
- email: congrat@dia.govt.nz
- freephone: 0800 22 52 52 (NZ only)
- phone: +64 4 463 9362 (outside NZ)
- mail: Congratulatory Message Service, PO Box 10526, Wellington 6143, New Zealand.