✨ Governor-General Proclamation
842 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 38
Assumption of the Office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of New Zealand by
The Honourable Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright, P.C.N.Z.M., D.B.E.
SILVIA CARTWRIGHT
Governor-General
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second was graciously pleased, by a Commission passed under the Seal
of New Zealand, to appoint me, The Honourable Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright, to be Governor-General and
Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief aforesaid, hereby proclaim and declare that I have this
day taken the prescribed oaths before The Right Honourable Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand, and that I have
assumed the said office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand under and by virtue of Her
Majesty’s said Commission.
Given under the hand of Her Excellency The Honourable Dame Silvia Rose Cartwright, Chancellor and Principal Companion
of The New Zealand Order of Merit, Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Principal
Companion of The Queen’s Service Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand; and issued
under the Seal of New Zealand, this 4th day of April 2001.
[L.S] HELEN CLARK, Prime Minister.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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🏛️ Assumption of Office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration4 April 2001
Governor-General, Commander-in-Chief, Proclamation, Oaths, New Zealand
- Silvia Rose Cartwright (The Honourable Dame), Assumed office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief
- Sian Elias (The Right Honourable Dame), Administered oaths as Chief Justice
- Silvia Rose Cartwright, Governor-General
- Helen Clark, Prime Minister