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Etiquette for receiving a knighthood

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Etiquette for receiving a knighthood

David Baguley, director of the Honours Secretariat, shows 2009 honours recipients how to kneel for the sword-tapping ritual that is part of being knighted.

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Mark Prebble, State services and the Public Service Commission – Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/33080/etiquette-for-receiving-a-knighthood (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Prebble, published 5 June 2012.