List of official secretaries to the governor-general of New Zealand

The official secretary to the governor-general of New Zealand is a member in the household of the governor-general of New Zealand. They are the general manager of Government House, Wellington and Government House, Auckland. Prior to 1917 they were known as the private secretary to the governor.[citation needed]

The Secretary is employed by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

List of official secretaries

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Name Portrait Term Governor-General
1 Sir Cecil Day
CMG CBE
  28 June 1917 – 1936 Liverpool
Jellicoe
Fergusson
Bledisloe
Galway
2 David Fouhy
CVO CBE
31 July 1936 – 30 November 1960
Newall
Freyberg
Norrie
Cobham
3 David Williams
CVO CBE
1 December 1960 – 31 July 1977
Fergusson
Porritt
Blundell
4 James Brown
CVO
1 August 1977 – 1985
Holyoake
Beattie
5 Paul Canham
LVO
1985–1990
Reeves
6 Ken Richardson
CVO QSO
1990–1993
Tizard
7 Hugo Judd
CVO QSO
  1993–2004
Hardie Boys
Cartwright
8 Tia Barrett 2004–2005
9 Andrew Renton-Green
QSO
2005–2007
Satyanand
10 Adrian Simcock 2007
11 Rob Taylor   2008–2010
12 Niels Holm   2010–2014
Mateparae
13 Greg Baughen   2014–2021
Reddy
14 Alice Ropata   2021–present
Kiro

See also

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