List of Governors-General of New Zealand
List
Table:
No.

Portrait

Name

Term
began

Term
ended

Monarch

Premier /
Prime Minister

1

Captain William Hobson RN[e]

24 November 1840

3 May 1841

Victoria

None[f]

3 May 1841

10 September 1842

Willoughby Shortland[g]

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

James Prendergast

21 February 1879

27 March 1879

8

Sir Hercules Robinson GCMG

27 March 1879

9 September 1880

John Hall

James Prendergast

9 September 1880

29 November 1880

9

The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon GCMG

29 November 1880

24 June 1882

Frederick Whitaker

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

James Prendergast

23 March 1889

2 May 1889

11

The Earl of Onslow GCMG

2 May 1889

25 February 1892

John Ballance

James Prendergast

25 February 1892

6 June 1892

12

The Earl of Glasgow GCMG

6 June 1892

8 February 1897

Richard Seddon

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

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[h]

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

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

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