The official secretary to the governor-general of New Zealand is a member in the household of the governor-general of New Zealand. They are the general manager of Government House, Wellington and Government House, Auckland. Prior to 1917 they were known as the private secretary to the governor.
The Secretary is employed by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
| Name | Portrait | Term | Governor-General | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Cecil Day | 28 June 1917 – 1936 | Liverpool | |||
| Jellicoe | ||||||
| Fergusson | ||||||
| Bledisloe | ||||||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Galway | |||||
| 2 | David < | -- Emmet-->Fouhy | 31 July 1936 – 30 November 1960 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | ||
| Newall | ||||||
| Freyberg | ||||||
| Norrie | ||||||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Cobham | |||||
| 3 | David < | -- Claverly -->Williams | 1 December 1960 – 31 July 1977 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | ||
| Fergusson | ||||||
| Porritt | ||||||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Blundell | |||||
| 4 | James Brown | 1 August 1977 – 1985 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | |||
| Holyoake | ||||||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Beattie | |||||
| 5 | Paul Canham | 1985–1990 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | |||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Reeves | |||||
| 6 | Ken Richardson | 1990–1993 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | |||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Tizard | |||||
| 7 | Hugo Judd | 1993–2004 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | |||
| Hardie Boys | ||||||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Cartwright | |||||
| 8 | Tia Barrett | 2004–2005 | style='border-style: none solid none solid;' valign=top | |||
| 9 | Andrew Renton-Green | 2005–2007 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | |||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Satyanand | |||||
| 10 | Adrian Simcock | 2007 | style='border-style: none solid none solid;' valign=top | |||
| 11 | Rob Taylor | 2008–2010 | style='border-style: none solid none solid;' valign=top | |||
| 12 | Niels Holm | 2010–2014 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | |||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Mateparae | |||||
| 13 | Greg Baughen | 2014–2021 | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | |||
| style='border-style: solid solid none solid;' valign=top | Reddy | |||||
| 14 | Alice Ropata | 2021–present | style='border-style: none solid solid solid;' valign=top | |||
| Kiro |