ELIZABETH R

ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith:

To Our Trusty and Well-beloved LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR JEREMIAH MATEPARAE, Chancellor and Principal Knight Grand Companion of Our New Zealand Order of Merit, Principal Companion of Our Service Order:

GREETING!

WHEREAS by Our Commission under Our Seal of New Zealand bearing date at Saint James’s the 17th day of August 2011, We did appoint you, the said Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jeremiah Mateparae, to be, during Our Pleasure, Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Realm of New Zealand:

AND WHEREAS you, the said Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jeremiah Mateparae, did on the 31st day of August 2011, assume the said office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief by taking the prescribed Oaths before Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand:

AND WHEREAS you, the said Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jeremiah Mateparae, have given faithful and loyal service in pursuance of Our said Commission appointing you to be Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Realm of New Zealand:

NOW, THEREFORE, as it is Our Will and Pleasure to appoint Patricia Lee Reddy, Dame Grand Companion of Our New Zealand Order of Merit, Companion of Our Service Order, to be Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Realm of New Zealand, We do by these presents revoke Our Commission under Our Seal of New Zealand, bearing date the 17th day of August 2011, appointing you, the said Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jeremiah Mateparae, to be Our Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Realm of New Zealand:

AND WE direct that this Our command and the revocation effected by it shall take effect from the close of the 31st day of August 2016.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 2nd day of August 2016, in the sixty-fifth year of Our Reign.

By Her Majesty’s Command.

[L.S.]

JOHN KEY, Prime Minister of New Zealand.