Lieutenant-Governors, Governors and Governors-General of New Zealand
Title: Lieutenant-Governor
List of Governors, Governors-General and Lieutenant-Governors
1840 - 1841 NZ a dependency of New South Wales
1841 - 1853 NZ a Crown Colony of Britain
Title: Governor
Title: Governor-in-Chief
1853 - 1907 NZ a Self-Governing Colony
Title: Governor of New Zealand1907 to present: New Zealand as Dominion
With the title: Governor-General of New Zealand
Sir Arthur Espie Porritt was the last British-born Governor-General. All Governors-General since Sir Denis Blundell have been New Zealand citizens.External Link