Patsy Reddy
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Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM QSO DStJ |
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| 21st Governor-General of New Zealand | |
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Assumed office 28 September 2016 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
John Key Bill English |
| Preceded by | Jerry Mateparae |
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Patricia Lee Reddy 17 May 1954 Matamata, New Zealand |
| Spouse(s) | Geoff Harley (Divorced 1988) David Gascoigne (2016–present) |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
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Viceregal styles of Dame Patsy Reddy (2016–present) |
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| Reference style | Her Excellency the Right Honourable |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Dame Patricia Lee "Patsy" Reddy GNZM QSO DStJ (born 17 May 1954) is the 21st Governor-General of New Zealand, sworn in on 28 September 2016. She is a lawyer and non-executive director. She is the third woman to be appointed to the position, after Catherine Tizard and Sylvia Cartwright.
Born in Matamata, New Zealand, on 17 May 1954, Reddy is the daughter of Neil William and Catherine Marjorie "Kay" Reddy, both of whom were schoolteachers. Three of her forebears left Ireland and went to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. A distant cousin, singer Helen Reddy, is descended from the Australian forebear. Patsy Reddy was raised in the small Waikato towns of Te Akau and Minginui until her family moved to Hamilton when she was six years old. There, she attended Hillcrest Primary School, Peachgrove Intermediate School and Hamilton Girls' High School.
Reddy completed her university studies at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws in 1976 and a Master of Laws with first-class honours in 1979.
Reddy was a junior lecturer and then lecturer at Victoria University's Faculty of Law. In 1982 she joined the Wellington firm Watts and Patterson (now Minter Ellison Rudd Watts), becoming their first female partner in 1983. She specialised in tax, corporate and film law. She later took up a position at Brierley Investments, where she was employed for 11 years, and worked on large acquisition negotiations such as the privatisation of Air New Zealand.
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