Story: Governors and governors-general

Page 7. External links and sources

More links and websites

The governor-general
The website of New Zealand’s governor-general.
Heads of State
This section of the NZ History website includes features about governors and governors-general.

More suggestions and sources

Bohan, Edmund. To be a hero: Sir George Grey, 1812–1898. Auckland: HarperCollins, 1998.
McLean, Gavin. The governors: New Zealand’s governors and governors-general. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2006.
Reeves, Beverley. Playing the part: my life as wife of the governor-general. Auckland: Reed, 2007.
Tizard, Catherine. Cat amongst the pigeons: a memoir. Auckland: Random House, 2010.

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Gavin McLean, Governors and governors-general, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/196948/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gavin McLean, published 30 January 2012.