New Zealand Gazette – 1977 – No. 108

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✨ Governor-General Appointment



2814 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 108

Commission Appointing The Right Honourable Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, G.C.M.G., C.H., to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand

ELIZABETH R.

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith:

To Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of Our Order of the Companions of Honour:

GREETING:

I. We do, by this Our Commission under the Seal of New Zealand, appoint you the said Right Honourable Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake to be, during Our pleasure, Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand, with all the powers, rights, privileges, and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining.

II. And We do hereby authorise, empower, and command you to exercise and perform all and singular the powers and directions contained in certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal bearing date at Westminster the 11th day of May 1917, constituting the said Office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, and in certain other Letters Patent under the Great Seal, bearing date at Westminster the 18th day of December 1918, amending the same, or in any other Letters Patent adding to, amending, or substituted for the same, according to such Orders and Instructions as the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief for the time being hath already received, or as you may hereafter receive from Us.

III. And We do hereby appoint that this Our Commission shall take effect so soon as you shall have taken the prescribed oaths and entered upon the duties of your Office.

IV. And We do hereby command all and singular Our Officers, Ministers, and loving subjects in New Zealand, and all others whom it may concern, to take due notice hereof, and to give their ready obedience accordingly.

[L.S.]

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s, and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 13th day of October 1977, in the twenty-sixth year of Our Reign.

By Her Majesty’s Command.

R. D. MULDOON, Prime Minister.

Price 10c BY AUTHORITY: E. C. KEATING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND—1977


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🏛️ Commission Appointing Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
13 October 1977
Governor-General, Commander-in-Chief, Appointment, Commission, New Zealand
  • Keith Jacka Holyoake (The Right Honourable Sir), Appointed Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief

  • R. D. Muldoon, Prime Minister