List of Governors-General of New Zealand
List

List of Governors-General of New Zealand

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No.	Portrait	Name	Term began	Term ended	Monarch	Premier / Prime Minister

1	-	Captain William Hobson RN	24 November 1840	3 May 1841	Victoria	None

3 May 1841	10 September 1842

-	Willoughby Shortland	10 September 1842	26 December 1843

2	-	Captain Robert FitzRoy RN	26 December 1843	18 November 1845

3	-	Sir George Grey KCB	18 November 1845	January 1848

January 1848	March 1853

March 1853	3 January 1854

-	Robert Wynyard	3 January 1854	6 September 1855

4	-	Colonel Thomas Gore Browne CB	6 September 1855	3 October 1861

Henry Sewell

William Fox

Edward Stafford

William Fox

-	Robert Wynyard	3 October 1861	December 1861

-	Sir George Grey KCB	December 1861	5 February 1868

Alfred Domett

Frederick Whitaker

Frederick Weld

Edward Stafford

5	-	Sir George Ferguson Bowen GCMG	5 February 1868	19 March 1873

William Fox

Edward Stafford

George Waterhouse

William Fox

Sir George Arney	19 March 1873	14 June 1873

Julius Vogel

6	-	The Rt Hon. Sir James Fergusson Bt	14 June 1873	3 December 1874

7	-	The Marquess of Normanby GCB GCMG PC	3 December 1874	21 February 1879

Daniel Pollen

Julius Vogel

Harry Atkinson

George Grey

JamesPrendergast.JPG	James Prendergast	21 February 1879	27 March 1879

8	-	Sir Hercules Robinson GCMG	27 March 1879	9 September 1880

John Hall

JamesPrendergast.JPG	James Prendergast	9 September 1880	29 November 1880

9	-	The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon GCMG	29 November 1880	24 June 1882

Frederick Whitaker

JamesPrendergast.JPG	James Prendergast	24 June 1882	20 January 1883

10	-	Lieutenant-General Sir William Jervois	20 January 1883	23 March 1889

Harry Atkinson

Robert Stout

Harry Atkinson

Robert Stout

Harry Atkinson

JamesPrendergast.JPG	James Prendergast	23 March 1889	2 May 1889

11	-	The Earl of Onslow GCMG	2 May 1889	25 February 1892

John Ballance

JamesPrendergast.JPG	James Prendergast	25 February 1892	6 June 1892

12	-	The Earl of Glasgow GCMG	6 June 1892	8 February 1897

Richard Seddon

JamesPrendergast.JPG	James Prendergast	8 February 1897	9 August 1897

13	-	The Earl of Ranfurly GCMG	9 August 1897	20 June 1904

Edward VII

14	-	The Lord Plunket GCMG KCVO	20 June 1904	8 June 1910

William Hall-Jones

Joseph Ward

-	Sir Robert Stout	8 June 1910	22 June 1910

George V

15	Lord Islington.JPG	The Lord Islington GCMG GBE DSO PC	22 June 1910	3 December 1912

Thomas Mackenzie

William Massey

-	Sir Robert Stout	3 December 1912	19 December 1912

16	-	The Earl of Liverpool	19 December 1912	28 June 1917

1	28 June 1917	8 July 1920

-	Sir Robert Stout	8 July 1920	27 September 1920

2	-	The Viscount Jellicoe GCB OM GCVO	27 September 1920	12 December 1924

3	-	General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO	13 December 1924	8 February 1930

Francis Bell

Gordon Coates

Joseph Ward

-	Sir Michael Myers	8 February 1930	19 March 1930

4	-	The Lord Bledisloe GCMG KBE PC	19 March 1930	15 March 1935

George Forbes

-	Sir Michael Myers	15 March 1935	12 April 1935

5	-	The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC	12 April 1935	3 February 1941

Michael Joseph Savage

Edward VIII

George VI

Peter Fraser

-	Sir Michael Myers	3 February 1941	22 February 1941

6	-	Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall GCB OM GCMG CBE AM	22 February 1941	19 April 1946

-	Sir Michael Myers	19 April 1946	17 June 1946

7	-	Lieutenant-General The Lord Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO	17 June 1946	15 August 1952

Sidney Holland

Elizabeth II

Sir Humphrey O'Leary	15 August 1952	2 December 1952

8	-	Lieutenant-General The Lord Norrie GCMG GCVO CB DSO MC	2 December 1952	25 July 1957

-	Sir Harold Eric Barrowclough	25 July 1957	5 September 1957

9	-	The Viscount Cobham GCMG TD	5 September 1957	13 September 1962

Keith Holyoake

Walter Nash

Keith Holyoake

-	Sir Harold Eric Barrowclough	13 September 1962	9 November 1962

10	-	Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson GCMG GCVO DSO OBE	9 November 1962	20 October 1967

Sir Richard Wild	20 October 1967	1 December 1967

11	-	Sir Arthur Porritt Bt GCMG GCVO CBE	1 December 1967	7 September 1972

John Marshall

Sir Richard Wild	7 September 1972	27 September 1972

12	-	Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO KBE QSO	27 September 1972	5 October 1977

Norman Kirk

Bill Rowling

Robert Muldoon

Sir Richard Wild	5 October 1977	26 October 1977

13	-	The Rt Hon. Sir Keith Holyoake KG GCMG CH QSO	26 October 1977	25 October 1980

Sir Ronald Davison	25 October 1980	6 November 1980

14	-	The Hon. Sir David Beattie GCMG GCVO QSO QC	6 November 1980	22 November 1985

David Lange

15	-	The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reeves GCMG GCVO QSO	22 November 1985	20 November 1990

Geoffrey Palmer

Mike Moore

Jim Bolger

16	-	Dame Catherine Tizard GCMG GCVO DBE QSO	20 November 1990	21 March 1996

17	-	The Rt Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys GNZM GCMG QSO	21 March 1996	21 March 2001

Jenny Shipley

Helen Clark

-	Dame Sian Elias GNZM PC QC	21 March 2001	4 April 2001

18	-	The Hon. Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM DBE QSO DStJ	4 April 2001	4 August 2006

-	Dame Sian Elias GNZM PC QC	4 August 2006	23 August 2006

19	Anand Satyanand.JPG	Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM QSO	23 August 2006	23 August 2011

John Key

-	Dame Sian Elias GNZM PC QC	24 August 2011	31 August 2011

20	-	Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO KStJ	31 August 2011	31 August 2016

-	Dame Sian Elias GNZM PC QC	31 August 2016	28 September 2016

21	-	Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM QSO DStJ	28 September 2016	Incumbent

Bill English

Jacinda Ardern

Sentence(s)

Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM QSO served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011.

final_sentence: Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM QSO served as the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand from 2006 to 2011.