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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 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DAME PATRICIA LEE REDDY, Chancellor and Principal Dame 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 2nd day of August 2016, We did appoint you, the said The Right Honourable Dame Patricia Lee Reddy, 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 The Right Honourable Dame Patricia Lee Reddy, did on the 28th day of September 2016, assume the said office of Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief by taking the prescribed Oaths before Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Counsellor The Right Honourable Dame Sian Elias, Chief Justice of New Zealand:

AND WHEREAS you, the said The Right Honourable Dame Patricia Lee Reddy, 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 Alcyion Cynthia Kiro, 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 2nd day of August 2016, appointing you, the said The Right Honourable Dame Patricia Lee Reddy, 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 28th day of September 2021.

Given at Our Court at Saint James’s and issued under the Seal of New Zealand, this 1st day of September 2021, in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

By Her Majesty’s Command.

[L.S.]

JACINDA ARDERN, Prime Minister of New Zealand.