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Former Governors-General

  • ️Tue May 09 2017

37 people - 33 men and 4 women- have held the Vice-regal office in New Zealand since Captain William Hobson became Lieutenant-Governor in 1840. This timeline tells the story of each of them.

The title of Governor-General has only been used since 1917, making Dame Cindy Kiro the 22nd Governor-General of New Zealand. 

Timeline

  • 1840

  • 1843

  • 1845

  • 1855

  • 1868

  • 1873

  • 1875

  • 1879

  • 1880

  • 1883

  • 1889

  • 1892

  • 1897

  • 1904

  • 1910

  • 1912

  • 1920

  • 1924

  • 1930

  • 1935

  • 1941

  • 1946

  • 1952

  • 1957

  • 1962

  • 1967

  • 1972

  • 1977

  • 1980

  • 1985

  • 1990

  • 1996

  • 2001

  • 2006

  • 2011

  • 2016

  • 2021

Last updated

Tuesday, 9 May 2017