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To view more images, click here, Welcome remarks Nga mihi o te ra ki a koutou.  Greetings to you all. I specifically acknowledge: Mary-Anne and Mark O’Donnell and Anna and Jason and Andrew and Katherine; the Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister and Hon Dr…

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, will present the New Zealand Memorial Cross to the parents of the late Lt Tim O’Donnell DSD at Government House in Wellington on Monday 23 April 2012. The ceremony is at 2pm and media who wish…

For photographs, click here ., The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae, will host three ceremonies at Government House Auckland on Thursday 19 April (10am and 2.30pm) and Friday 20 April (10am). Sir Jerry…

Nga mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Warm greetings to you all, nau mai haere mai to Government House. I specifically acknowledge: Fran Ricketts, Chair of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand and your fellow trustees and patrons – Kia ora koutou. It is a great…

 , For more photographs, click here ., Envoys for Chile, Samoa, Senegal, Ireland and Rwanda will presented their credentials to the Governor-General, Lt Gen Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, at Government House in Wellington on Tuesday 17 April. The ceremony…

To view more images, click here, E nga Rangatira o Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei, Grant Hawke, Joe Hawke.  Tēnā koutou mo te pōwhiri ki tēnei Marae. Kia ora huihui tatou katoa. Distinguished guests, Rangatira and Kaumātua of Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei, especially…

E nga mana, e nga reo e nga iwi o nga hau e wha, naumai haere mai, nga mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome and warm greetings to you all. There are so many distinguished people here tonight, too many to name. …

To view images from the ceremony, click here, E nga mana, e nga reo, nga rangatira o Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa, nga āpiha me nga toa o Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, nga manuhiri tuarangi, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa.…

E nga mana, e nga reo, rau rangatahi ma e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa.  Distinguished guests, young women and men, warm greetings to you all. I specifically acknowledge: Graeme Yule, Headmaster of Scots College and…

For more photographs, click here ., E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o nga hau e wha, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa.  Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I extend a warm greeting to you all. I specifically acknowledge:…

In the afternoon, Sir Jerry Mateparae will attend and present a Royal Humane Society of New Zealand Silver Medal to Mr Richard Trotter, who in 2010 saved a woman from a burning house in Portobello, Dunedin, putting his own life at risk., To attend the…

Rau rangatira mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa.  Distinguished guests, Rotarians from New Zealand and overseas; ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all. I specifically acknowledge: President Trevor Bailey,…

For more photographs, click here ., E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o te motu, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa. Distinguished guests, New Zealand Down Syndrome Association staff, award recipients, ladies and…

  The Governor-General of New Zealand, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, undertook a four day visit to the Western Bay of Plenty region from 13 - 16 March 2012. Sir Jerry Mateparae began the visit by officially opening the Tauranga Riding for the…

Rau rangatira mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa.  Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all. I specifically acknowledge: Patrick Walsh, President of the Secondary Principals’ Association…

It was with much sadness that my wife Janine and I this morning learnt of the death of His Majesty King George Tupou V, the King of Tonga. King George was welcomed to New Zealand by my predecessor Sir Anand Satyanand with a full ceremonial welcome at…