page_title: Michael Hardie Boys
section_title: Controversies
hierarchical_section_title: Michael Hardie Boys / Governor-General of New Zealand / Controversies
caption_attribution_description: President Bill Clinton pays visit to New Zealand Governor General Sir Michael Hardie-Boys at Government House. September 11, 1999 photo by David Scull
context_page_description: Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO, KStJ, PC is a New Zealand jurist who served as the 17th Governor-General of New Zealand, in office from 1996 to 2001.
context_section_description: In 1996, Hardie Boys caused controversy by stating his opposition to Minister of Youth Affairs Deborah Morris's suggestion that young people have access to contraceptives. Later, in 2001, he created further controversy by making an implied attack on the Clark Labour Government's scrapping of the air defence wing of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
caption: Hardie Boys (left) with United States President Bill Clinton, 1999.
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