Talk:Governor-General of New Zealand

message: I'm not sure whether all the names deserve links or how the links for titled people should read. There is scope for confusion for those who are hereditary peers, such as the Earl of Liverpool, which title belonged to a succession of people.
: My feeling is that it's best just to link the ones that either have a biographical entry already, or are likely to have one in the reasonably near future. If someone else wants to come along and write a bio for anyone not linked, it's easy enough to add the link later on. There is a page somewhere here that sets out policy on naming conventions, but as I recall, it boils down to use the most common non-ambiguous name for the actual link (which will become the article title) but in the text use whatever name is most appropriate in the context. For example, it might be best to say "Elizabeth Windsor" in one context, and "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Defender of the Faith, By grace of God Queen of ...." in another, but both should link to Queen Elizabeth II. (Which was a bad example - it [used to lead] to a disambiguation page [till I changed it -- Someone else] . No matter.) Nice work on the list, by the way: it's good to see someone take the trouble to write out the formal titles in full - for this sort of thing I think it's more appropriate to give people their full titles. Tannin
: We should probably add the New Zealand Honours System to the mix at some point, as the latter Governors-General have New Zealand honours. http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/index.html should do in the meantime for the curious. – Jonathan Ah Kit
::I've now done this. --Polonius 08:44, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Links to articles for title holders

message: Why is Sir Arthur Porritt listed as the last Governor-General form Britain when he was a native born Kiwi?  Doesn't that make him the first Gov-Gen from NZ?
:Um, because I recalled being taught in school when Sir Dennis Blundell succeded him that he was the first NZ GG. Whereas he was actually the first to have lived in NZ for most of his life and been a resident when he was appointed. Sir Arthur Porritt still "came out from Britain" to be GG because he had lived there for more than 30 years.
I'll correct the article. dramatic 02:59, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last Briton or first Kiwi? 

message: I've been doing some work on the list of viceroys, to match the appearance of the list at the article Governor-General of India—see here for the result. I think this results in a list less cluttered by titles etc which belong imho on the individual articles for each governor. I've ensured that the info on the stages of development of nz are not lost, though I think this info does not belong in the list but elsewhere.
I'd like to hear some input before any changes are made to the article. These are just my own thoughts, feel free to kick and bash the list (or me) around :D
DiamondVertex 07:01, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of viceroys 

message: "The office of Official Secretary is currently vacant" - Has a person been employed yet?  That text has been there since January, and the link given says "Sorry, we have no vacancies at present." Brian | (Talk) 23:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Talk:Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand for further discussion. 202.89.158.211 00:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Official Secretary  

message: I've added an external link from this article to a site which I manage in my capacity as web editor for the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage (the site is www.nzhistory.net.nz). 
The link is to the first of a series of substantial features on the history of role of the Governor-General in New Zealand and is written by the author of an official history to be published shortly.
I hope this is considered appropriate for Wikipedia's purposes, please let me know if I've done something wrong (I'm just a newbie here)!
thanks
Jamie Mackay 10:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm okay with it --Lholden 00:41, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link request 

message: I have just redone the article, I am going to move the list of GG to another page, however I need to finish the table first :) should be done later tonight nzt. Brian | (Talk) 01:52, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  rewrite 

message: I'm not knowledgeable in these topics, but why is there no mention of Niue and Tokelau, which this GG is responsible for? This isn't exclusively a (metropolitan) NZ institution. 202.89.150.160 21:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Realm of New Zealand. --Lholden 05:07, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Niue, Tokelau etc 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:NZ Govt-Gen and Queen.jpg

message: The article states,
The link is dead, and it is not clear exactly what election this is talking about. There was no general election in 2006, so is this referring to local elections? -Rrius (talk) 06:07, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've updated the link. I think Clark was referring to the 2005 election. Interestingly, the new Gov-Gen was announced in April 2006. --Lholden (talk) 07:14, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Cartwright's extension

message: In 2004 National MP Richard Worth, an avowed monarchist, questioned whether the Government had considered that the Earl of Wessex be the next Governor-General.
* I don't quite understand what this sentence is trying to say.  The construction "had considered that he be" is unknown to me.  
* The NZ Government cannot simply cause someone to be the Governor-General by "considering them to be" such.  There's a process, including the Queen's formal approval, particularly if it's her own son being recommended.  He himself might also have something to say about it.  --  Jack of Oz [your turn] 01:51, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the sentence construction is awful. I've changed the sentence for accuracy (it was actually a Parliamentary question Worth asked). --LJ Holden 04:00, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Earl of Wessex

message: These two sub-sections should be merged. At the moment, there's a lot of repeated material in the two sections. It's pretty much impossible to explain the GG's political role without discussing its constitutional role, and vice versa. --LJ Holden 00:05, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Any comment? --LJ Holden 04:43, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Go for it. Schwede66 06:13, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. I removed some extraneous statements (e.g. it's obvious New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy from the introduction). --LJ Holden 06:29, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: looks good lewis Brian | (Talk) 10:03, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political role merge with Constitutional role 

message: Does the Governor-General hold the rank of admiral?  This sources seems to indicate that he does:
http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/2011/20110119---ass8npop.htm
That being the case, does the Governor-General also hold the rank of general and air chief marshal? Greenshed (talk) 21:32, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The media release states the GG holds the position of admiral as CnC of the Defence Forces. It sounds like it's an ex officio title. You'll probably need to contact Government House to qualify the use of the term. --LJ Holden 23:21, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Admiral 

message: The article has a photo of an XJ8 Jaguar as the Governor-General's limo, whereas it seems that it was sold last year: http://gg.govt.nz/content/jaguar-sale  and replaced by a BMW - can someone update this or delete the photo?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nznewsguy (talk • contribs) 19:35, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Governor-General's car  

message: It seems like a trivial aspect of the job, but it seems to be at least as important as the "Admiral" concern above. That the title of "Governor of Ross Dependency" comes with being GG should be mentioned somewhere (at least once) in the article. 118.90.39.49 (talk) 10:59, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Governor of Ross Dependency 

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message: Every article I've seen points to Reddy taking office on the 28th - additionally since the 14th is almost over in New Zealand and it's not in the news anywhere, it's safe to say that it isn't today. Am editing to correct this. MrSeabody (talk) 04:52, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dame Patsy Reddy taking office 

message: I'm wondering why the cost section remains.  From what I can see it is really centred on a silly little political dispute/game between the Republican Movement and the Monarchists, one trying to inflate the cost of the Governor-General role and the other trying to play it down, as Parliament considered the Governor-General Act in 2009/10. Time to delete?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nznewsguy (talk • contribs) 02:17, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cost section 

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