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Lieutenant-Governors, Governors and Governors-General of New Zealand
Title: Lieutenant-Governor
(under Lt.-Col. Sir George Gipps, RE,
Governor of New South Wales 1837 - 1846, and Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand 1839 - 1841)
Title: Governor
- 1841 - 1842 Captain William Hobson, RN
- 1843 - 1845 Captain Robert Fitzroy, RN
- 1845 - 1847 Captain George Grey
Title: Governor-in-Chief
1853 - 1907 NZ a Self-Governing Colony
Title: Governor of New Zealand
- 1853 - 1855 Sir George Grey, KCB
- 1855 - 1861 Colonel Thomas Gore Browne[?], CB
- 1861 - 1868 Sir George Grey, KCB
- 1868 - 1873 Sir George Ferguson Bowen[?], GCMG
- 1873 - 1874 The Rt. Hon. Sir James Fergusson[?], Bt.
- 1875 - 1879 Marquess of Normanby, GCB, GCMG, PC
- 1879 - 1880 Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, GCMG
- 1880 - 1882 The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, GCMG
- 1883 - 1889 Lt. General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, GCMG, CB
- 1889 - 1892 Earl of Onslow, GCMG
- 1892 - 1897 Earl of Glasgow, GCMG
- 1897 - 1904 Earl of Ranfurly, GCMG
- 1904 - 1910 Lord Plunket, GCMG, KCVO
- 1904 - 1910 Lord Plunket, GCMG, KCVO
- 1910 - 1912 Lord Islington, KCMG, DSO, PC
- 1912 - 1917 Earl of Liverpool, GCMG, MVO, PC
Title: Governor-General of New Zealand
- 1917 - 1920 Earl of Liverpool, GCB, GCMG, GBE, MVO, PC
- 1920 - 1924 Viscount Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO
- 1924 - 1930 General Sir Charles Fergusson, Bt., GCMG, KCB, DSO, MVO
- 1930 - 1935 Viscount Bledisloe, GCMG, KBE, PC
- 1935 - 1941 Viscount Galway, GCMG, DSO, OBE, PC
- 1941 - 1946 Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, GCB, OM, GCMG, CBE, AM
- 1946 - 1952 Lt. General the Lord Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO
- 1952 - 1957 Lt. General the Lord Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC
- 1957 - 1962 Viscount Cobham[?], GCMG, TD
- 1962 - 1967 Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson[?], GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE
- 1967 - 1972 Sir Arthur Espie Porritt[?], Bt., GCMG, GCVO, CBE
Sir Arthur was the last British-born Governor-General. All Governors-General since Sir Denis Blundell have been New Zealanders.
- 1972 - 1977 Sir (Edward) Denis Blundell[?], GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QSO
- 1977 - 1980 The Rt. Hon. Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO
- 1980 - 1985 The Hon. Sir David Stuart Beattie[?], GCMG, GCVO, QSO, QC
- 1985 - 1990 The Most Reverend Sir Paul Alfred Reeves[?], GCMG, GCVO, QSO
- 1990 - 1996 Dame Catherine Anne Tizard[?], GCMG, GCVO, DBE, QSO
- 1996 - 2001 The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Hardie Boys[?], GNZM, GCMG, QSO
- 2001 - 2006 (designated term) Dame Silvia Cartwright[?], PCNZM, DBE
Official Website of the Governor General of NZ ( http://www.gg.govt.nz)
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