New Zealand Gazette – 1977 – No. 103

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✨ Government Administration Notice

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 103

Assumption of the Administration of the Government of New Zealand by The Right Honourable Sir
Herbert Richard Churton Wild, Chief Justice

RICHARD WILD, Administrator of the Government

A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS His late Majesty King George V was graciously pleased, by Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, and bearing date at Westminster the 11th day of May 1917, to constitute the office of the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand: And whereas Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was pleased, by a Commission passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date at Saint James’s the 11th day of September 1972, to appoint Sir Edward Denis Blundell, to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand during Her Majesty’s pleasure: And whereas His late Majesty King George V was pleased, by a Commission passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, bearing date at Saint James’s the 23rd day of July 1917, amongst other things, to appoint the Chief Justice of New Zealand for the time being to administer the Government thereof in the case of the death, incapacity, or removal, or of the departure from New Zealand of the Governor-General appointed under the said Letters Patent, with all and singular the powers and authorities granted by the said Letters Patent: And whereas it has pleased Her Majesty to revoke the Commission appointing the said Sir Edward Denis Blundell, to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand with effect from the 5th day of October 1977.

Now, therefore, I, Sir Herbert Richard Churton Wild, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Chief Justice of New Zealand, hereby proclaim and declare that I have this day taken the oaths prescribed by the said Letters Patent before the Right Honourable Sir Clifford Richmond, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, President of the Court of Appeal, and that I have assumed the administration of the Government of New Zealand under and by virtue of His late Majesty’s said Commission.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand this 6th day of October 1977.

[L.S.]

R. D. MULDOON, Prime Minister.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

BY AUTHORITY: E. C. KEATING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND--1977

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🏛️ Assumption of Administration of Government by Sir Herbert Richard Churton Wild

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated6 October 1977
KeywordsGovernor-General, Revocation, Commission, Administration, Oath, Chief Justice
👱🏽 Names

Herbert Richard Churton Wild (Sir), Assumed administration of Government
Clifford Richmond (Sir), Administered oath
Edward Denis Blundell (Sir), Revoked as Governor-General

👩‍💼 Officials

R. D. Muldoon, Prime Minister

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