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This morning, Dame Patsy and Sir David hosted an investiture ceremony at Government House Auckland and congratulated 12 honours recipients. These included Emeritus Professor Dame Peggy Koopman-Boyden, an authority on gerontology and eminent cardiologist…

This afternoon Dame Patsy hosted an investiture ceremony for 12 New Zealand achievers. Amongst this afternoon's recipients - Sir Graeme Dingle, KNZM , for services to youth; Cameron Brown, ONZM, for services to triathlon and Sally Ikinofo, MNZM for…

This morning Dame Patsy congratulated 13 honours recipients at Government House in Auckland. Amongst those honoured were former Prime Minister the Rt Hon Sir John Key who became a Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, dancer/…

This afternoon's investiture recipients included Dame Julie Christie, DNZM, for services to governance and the television industry, Ms Mary Ama, CNZM, for services to the arts and the Pacific community, Mr Jim Gray, ONZM for services to Maori and…

A camera crew filmed Dame Patsy signing three bills into existence this afternoon. The footage will be used for a video explaining how Parliament works and the steps required to bring a piece of legislation into existence. Amongst the bills was the Ngāti…

Congratulations to the 63 recipients of awards this afternoon https://gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/presentation-duke-edinburgh-hillary-gold-awards-and-queens-scout-awards

The final awards ceremony today at Government House was for 40 Queen's Guides and 7 recipients of the St John Grand Prior Award, the highest award that young members of St John can aspire to. https://gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/presentation-queens-guide-…

Dame Patsy and Sir David hosted a ceremony for 56 Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Gold Awards this morning. https://gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/duke-edinburgh-hillary-gold-awards-presentation  

Today Dame Patsy and Sir David hosted the board meeting for the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Aotearoa New Zealand Hillary Award, with Dame Patsy later chairing the AGM. Tomorrow, Government House will host ceremonies to to present Duke of…

Former Prime Minister Sir John Key, Black Grace founder Neil Ieremia, artist Dr Fiona Pardington, TV producer Dame Julie Christie, adventurer and humanitarian Sir Graham Dingle, singer Annie Crummer and top chef Michael Meredith are amongst the people…

A colour guide to Government House. Updated June 2017.

Graphic organisers for inquiry learning Government House, Wellington, official residence of the Governor-General of New Zealand A: KWL chart What I know about… What I want to know about… What I have learned about… G o ve rn o r- G e n e ra l G o ve rn m e…

This morning, Dame Patsy received a farewell call from the High Commissioner of Malaysia, HE Dato' Kim Eng Lim

Dame Patsy and Sir David visited the headquarters of the Royal New Zealand Ballet in Wellington for a behind the scenes look at the company as it prepares for its latest production 'Romeo and Juliet'.  As well as touring the wardrobe department, they also…

Last night the Association of Former MPs gathered at Government House and Dame Patsy presented Sean Chan with the prize for best essay in the Association's essay-writing competition for secondary school students. The competition aims to foster awareness…

An impromptu chat with students from Gisborne Girls High and Gisborne Boys High Schools today

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Nau mai, haere mai ra ki Te Whare Kawana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.   Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all, and welcome to Government…

Dame Patsy hosted an event for Women in Law at Government House in Wellington. Dame Patsy spoke to the guests about her career in law and the challenges and opportunities facing female lawyers today

This afternoon, Dame Patsy and Sir David were given a tour of the Holocaust Centre in Wellington and met staff and volunteers.

It's a new take on 48 hour creativity and innovation - GovHack, where teams create apps using freely available Government data sets. Dame Patsy was on hand last night to see the final presentations on everything from checking out a prospective flat for…

Last Thursday, Dame Patsy was present to induct six more laureates, past and present, to the NZ Business Hall of Fame, and to congratulate the winners of the Young Enterprise Trust's programme in schools, which focuses on developing entrepreneurial skills…

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. Thank you so much for inviting me to come to GovHack. I am here because I appreciate your willingness to become involved – in a very practical…