Talk:Governor-General of New Zealand

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I'm not sure whether all the names deserve links or how the links for titled people should read. There is scope for confusion for those who are hereditary peers, such as the Earl of Liverpool, which title belonged to a succession of people.

My feeling is that it's best just to link the ones that either have a biographical entry already, or are likely to have one in the reasonably near future. If someone else wants to come along and write a bio for anyone not linked, it's easy enough to add the link later on. There is a page somewhere here that sets out policy on naming conventions, but as I recall, it boils down to use the most common non-ambiguous name for the actual link (which will become the article title) but in the text use whatever name is most appropriate in the context. For example, it might be best to say "Elizabeth Windsor" in one context, and "Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Defender of the Faith, By grace of God Queen of ...." in another, but both should link to Queen Elizabeth II. (Which was a bad example - it [used to lead] to a disambiguation page [till I changed it -- Someone else] . No matter.) Nice work on the list, by the way: it's good to see someone take the trouble to write out the formal titles in full - for this sort of thing I think it's more appropriate to give people their full titles. Tannin
We should probably add the New Zealand Honours System to the mix at some point, as the latter Governors-General have New Zealand honours. http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/index.html should do in the meantime for the curious. – Jonathan Ah Kit
I've now done this. --Polonius 08:44, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] Last Briton or first Kiwi?

Why is Sir Arthur Porritt listed as the last Governor-General form Britain when he was a native born Kiwi? Doesn't that make him the first Gov-Gen from NZ?

Um, because I recalled being taught in school when Sir Dennis Blundell succeded him that he was the first NZ GG. Whereas he was actually the first to have lived in NZ for most of his life and been a resident when he was appointed. Sir Arthur Porritt still "came out from Britain" to be GG because he had lived there for more than 30 years.

I'll correct the article. dramatic 02:59, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Pity Freyberg having lived here since age 2 doesn't count :-)

[edit] List of viceroys

I've been doing some work on the list of viceroys, to match the appearance of the list at the article Governor-General of India—see here for the result. I think this results in a list less cluttered by titles etc which belong imho on the individual articles for each governor. I've ensured that the info on the stages of development of nz are not lost, though I think this info does not belong in the list but elsewhere.

I'd like to hear some input before any changes are made to the article. These are just my own thoughts, feel free to kick and bash the list (or me) around :D

DiamondVertex 07:01, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Official Secretary

"The office of Official Secretary is currently vacant" - Has a person been employed yet? That text has been there since January, and the link given says "Sorry, we have no vacancies at present." Brian | (Talk) 23:52, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

See Talk:Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand for further discussion. 202.89.158.211 00:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link request

I've added an external link from this article to a site which I manage in my capacity as web editor for the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage (the site is www.nzhistory.net.nz).

The link is to the first of a series of substantial features on the history of role of the Governor-General in New Zealand and is written by the author of an official history to be published shortly.

I hope this is considered appropriate for Wikipedia's purposes, please let me know if I've done something wrong (I'm just a newbie here)!

thanks Jamie Mackay 10:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm okay with it --Lholden 00:41, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] rewrite

I have just redone the article, I am going to move the list of GG to another page, however I need to finish the table first :) should be done later tonight nzt. Brian | (Talk) 01:52, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Niue, Tokelau etc

I'm not knowledgeable in these topics, but why is there no mention of Niue and Tokelau, which this GG is responsible for? This isn't exclusively a (metropolitan) NZ institution. 202.89.150.160 21:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

See Realm of New Zealand. --Lholden 05:07, 10 December 2006 (UTC)