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The Order of Precedence in New Zealand was approved by the Queen Elizabeth II on 9 January 1974, and amended to include former Governors-General on 10 September 1981. While the Queen herself is not listed in the order of precedence, as Queen of New Zealand she holds the highest precedence in New Zealand. No express precedence is accorded to members of the Royal Family, and their precedence when they visit New Zealand is generally derived from the practice in the United Kingdom.

  1. The Governor-General (His Excellency the Honourable Anand Satyanand), or (whilst acting in the place of the Governor-General) the deputy of the Governor-General or the officer administering the Government
  2. The Prime Minister (The Rt. Hon. Helen Clark)
  3. The Speaker of the House of Representatives (The Hon. Margaret Wilson)
  4. The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps (Mr. Javier Leon Olavarria, Peru)
  5. The Deputy Prime Minister and Ministers of the Crown (ordered by ministerial rank; list as of 15 August 2005)
  6. Former Governors-General
  7. Ambassadors and High Commissioners in New Zealand for Her Majesty's Governments elsewhere, according to date of presentation of Letters of Credence or of assumption of duty, and Foreign Ministers and Envoys. (Italics indicate that the person is not normally resident in New Zealand, with their position in the order of precedence relevant only when they are visiting.)
    • Lefa Joseph Mokotjo, 27 April 2000, (Lesotho)
    • Michel Bitar, 2 June 2000, (Lebanon)
    • Elly Elineema Mtango, 12 December 2000, (Tanzania)
    • Florence Lubalendlu Chitauro, 2 August 2001, (Zimbabwe)
    • R Ali Ahmed Al-Ansari, 29 August 2001, (Qatar)
    • Mohammed bin Youssef Al-Zarafi, 25 September 2001, (Oman)
    • Kujtim Xhani, 31 January 2002, (Albania)
    • Bal Ram, 8 March 2002, (Fiji)
    • Declan Kelly, 3 September 2002, (Ireland)
    • Sergio Barbosa Serra, 2 October 2002, (Brazil)
    • Asmeron Abraha Ma'aAshio, 2 October 2002, (Eritrea)
    • Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah, 11 December 2002, (Ghana)
    • Chon Jae Hong, 11 December 2002, (North Korea)
    • Alfredo F. Ungo, 11 December 2002, (El Salvador)
    • Norachit Sinhaseni, 4 February 2003, (Thailand)
    • Johann Richard Demel, 4 February 2003, (Austria)
    • Jane Jouanis, 4 February 2003, (Mauritius)
    • Milivoje Glisic, 4 February 2003, (Serbia)
    • Ivan Fsadni, 27 March 2003, (Malta)
    • Nasser Haji. Al-Muzayyan, 27 March 2003, (Kuwait)
    • Pedro Mo Amaro, 7 May 2003, (Uruguay)
    • Masaki Saito, 24 July 2003, (Japan)
    • Godfrey S. Simasiku, 24 July 2003, (Zambia)
    • Tran Hai Hau, 23 September 2003, (Vietnam)
    • Jean-Michel Marlaud, 23 September 2003, (France)
    • Dr Liana Marolla, 30 October 2003, (Italy)
    • Kambiz Sheikh-Hassani, 9 December 2003, (Iran)
    • Anthony Le Clerk Kgwadu Mongalo, 9 December 2003, (South Africa)
    • Karin Ehnbom-Palmquist, 9 December 2003, (Sweden)
    • Evangelos Damianakis, 3 February 2004, (Greece)
    • Seetoh Hoy Cheng, 3 February 2004, (Singapore)
    • Eidur Gudnason, 3 February 2004, (Iceland)
    • Francisco J. Sierra, 18 February 2004, (Colombia)
    • Lajos Fodor, 18 February 2004, (Hungary)
    • Jung-seung Shin, 29 March 2004, (South Korea)
    • María Angélica Arce Mora, 7 May 2004, (Mexico)
    • Pedro Raúl Herrera, 3 August 2004, (Argentina)
    • Icha Emmanuel Ituma, 3 August 2004, (Nigeria)
    • Rasha H. E. ter Braack, 21 September 2004, (Netherlands)
    • Sopian bin Ahmad, 21 September 2004, (Malaysia)
    • Karel Pazourek, 21 September 2004, (Czech Republic)
    • Lech Mastalerz, 8 December 2004, (Poland)
    • Mikhail Lysenko, 8 December 2004, (Russia)
    • Meas Kim Heng, 8 December 2004, (Cambodia)
    • Peter Prochácka, 8 December 2004, (Slovakia)
    • Anca Roxana Visan, 8 December 2004, (Romania)
    • Lars A. Wensell, 8 February 2005, (Norway)
    • Achilleas Antoniades, 8 February 2005, (Cyprus)
    • John Lepi Lanyasunya, 8 February 2005, (Kenya)
    • Khenthong Nuanthasing, 8 February 2005, (Laos)
    • Mohamed Moustafa Mohamed Tawfik, 8 February 2005, (Egypt)
    • Glyne Samuel Hyvestra Murray, 14 March 2005, (Barbados)
    • Molosiwa Selepeng, 15 March 2005, (Botswana)
    • Ramesh Ananda Vaidya, 15 March 2005, (Nepal)
    • Ashraf-ud-Doula, 15 March 2005, (Bangladesh)
    • Sisilia Grace Tupou Talagi, 11 July 2005, (Niue)
    • Ugur Ergun, 12 July 2005, (Turkey)
    • Saeed Mohammed Al Shamsi, 12 July 2005, (United Arab Emirates)
    • Bernard Narokobi, 19 July 2005, (Papua New Guinea)
    • Asi Tuiatagi James Faafili Blakelock, 30 August 2005, (Samoa)
    • Charles Daniel Balvo, 30 August 2005, (Vatican City)
    • Bienevenido V Tejano, 30 August 2005, (Philippines)
    • Naftali Tamir, 30 August 2005, (Israel)
    • Ms Penny B. Reedie, 31 August 2005, (Canada)
    • Jörg Zimmerman, 9 November 2005, (Germany)
    • Beat Nobs, 9 November 2005, (Switzerland)
    • Klavs A Holm, 9 November 2005, (Denmark)
    • William P. McCormick, 9 November 2005, (United States)
    • Frank Carruet, 9 November 2005, (Belgium)
    • Zhang Yuanyuan, 15 February 2006, (China)
    • Hussan Talat Nazer, 15 February 2006, (Saudi Arabia)
    • Glen Lindholm, 15 February 2006, (Finland)
    • Bruno Julien, 15 February 2006, (European Commission)
    • John Dauth, 7 March 2006, (Australia)
    • Guissé Maïmouna Dial, 8 March 2006, (Mali)
    • Jorge Porfirio León Cruz, 8 March 2006, (Cuba)
    • Kusumpala Balapatabendi, 8 March 2006, (Sri Lanka)
    • Galsan Batsukh, 26 April 2006, (Mongolia)
    • Kadakath Pathrose Ernest, 26 April 2006, (India)
    • George Fergusson, 2 May 2006, (United Kingdom)
    • Amira Kapetanovic, 27 June 2006, (Bosnia)
    • U Thet Win, 27 June 2006, (Myanmar)
    • Belramoul Kamerzermane, 27 June 2006, (Algeria)
    • Munawar Saeed Bhatti, 29 June 2006, (Pakistan)
    • Luis Fernando Lillo Benavides, 29 June 2006, (Chile)
    • Camilo Barcia García-Villamil, 29 June 2006, (Spain)
    • António Augusto Jorge Mendes, Designate, (Portugal)
    • Arleen Sucre Garcia, Designate, (Panama)
    • Joaquín R Dabdoub, Designate, (Bolivia)
    • Arturo Duarte Ortiz, Designate, (Guatemala)
    • Badre Eddine Allali, Designate, (Morocco)
  8. The Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New Zealand (John Key)
  9. Privy Counsellors. In New Zealand, Privy Council appointees are former Prime Ministers, Deputy Prime Ministers, other cabinet ministers who were both senior and long-serving, Chief Justices and senior Court of Appeal justices. The following list is in rough order of membership:
  10. Members of the Parliament of New Zealand. There is no established order of precedence over members of parliament in general, although each party has its internal ranking.
  11. President and puisne judges of the Court of Appeal
  12. Chief High Court Judge and other judges of the High Court
  13. "Mayors of cities and boroughs and chairmen of counties while in their own districts." In 1989, boroughs and counties were amalgamated into district councils. District mayors, and the Chatham Islands mayor could expect to be accorded this same precedence.
  14. Charges d'Affaires
  15. Former Prime Ministers (all living former Prime Ministers are members of the Privy Council and thus have higher precedence)
  16. Former Ministers of the Crown in New Zealand
  17. The Clerk of the Parliament of New Zealand, Controller and Auditor-General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Investigations (the Chief Ombudsman)
  18. The Chief of Defence Staff, the Chairman of the State Services Commission, the Solicitor-General and Permanent Heads of Civil Departments of State
  19. Chiefs of Staff of the Defence Forces
    • Rear Admiral David Ledson, ONZM (Chief of Navy)
    • Major General Louis Gardiner, ONZM (Chief of Army)
    • Air Vice-Marshal Graham Lintott, ONZM,(Chief of Air Force)
  20. Consuls-General & Consuls of countries without diplomatic representation in New Zealand
  21. Heads of religious denominations in New Zealand
  22. Knights of the various orders and Knights Bachelor, according to their precedence in the United Kingdom

Main Source: NZ Gazette 1974 vol I pp5-6 and NZ Gazette 1981 vol II p2575

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