List of governors-general of New Zealand

The following is a list of the governors and governors general of New Zealand. As the personal representative of the New Zealand monarch, the governor-general performs many of the functions vested in the Crown, such as summoning and dissolving Parliament, granting or withholding the Royal Assent, making state visits and receiving ambassadors. These functions are performed on the advice of the prime minister.

Since the office was established in 1841, twenty-one individuals have served as governor or governor-general. The list does not include lieutenant-governors of the provinces of New Ulster and New Munster that existed between 1848 and 1853. Persons listed in light grey are interim administrators who exercised duties between governors and governors-general.

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