List of official secretaries to the governor-general of New Zealand

The official secretary to the governor-general of New Zealand is a member in the household of the governor-general of New Zealand. They are the general manager of Government House, Wellington and Government House, Auckland. Prior to 1917 they were known as the private secretary to the governor.

The Secretary is employed by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

List of official secretaries

NamePortraitTermGovernor-General
1 Sir Cecil Day
CMG CBE
28 June 1917 – 1936 Liverpool
Jellicoe
Fergusson
Bledisloe
Galway
2 David Fouhy
CVO CBE
31 July 1936 – 30 November 1960
Newall
Freyberg
Norrie
Cobham
3 David Williams
CVO CBE
1 December 1960 – 31 July 1977
Fergusson
Porritt
Blundell
4 James Brown
CVO
1 August 1977 – 1985
Holyoake
Beattie
5 Paul Canham
LVO
1985–1990
Reeves
6 Ken Richardson
CVO QSO
1990–1993
Tizard
7 Hugo Judd
CVO QSO
1993–2004
Hardie Boys
Cartwright
8 Tia Barrett 2004–2005
9 Andrew Renton-Green
QSO
2005–2007
Satyanand
10 Adrian Simcock 2007
11 Rob Taylor 2008–2010
12 Niels Holm 2010–2014
Mateparae
13 Greg Baughen 2014–2021
Reddy
14 Alice Ropata 2021–present
Kiro

See also

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