New Government appointed

  • <span class="title">Hon John Key appointed as Prime Minister</span><br/>The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, congratulates Hon John Key after appointing him as Prime Minister of the new National-led Government at a ceremony at Parliament on 19 November 2008.   Mr Key is New Zealand's 25th Prime Minister since the first New Zealander to formally hold that title, William Hall-Jones, briefly served in 1906.  Standing to the right of the Governor-General is Rebecca Kitteridge, Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to the Cabinet. Photo courtesy of Photography by Woolf.
  • <span class="title">New Executive Council </span><br/><p> The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, with the newly appointed members of the Executive Council in Parliament's Legislative Council Chamber after a ceremony on 19 November 2008.   The ceremony, to appoint members of the new National-led Government, was held at Parliament as Government House is closed for a three year conservation project. Photo courtesy of Photography by Woolf. </p>

Following the November 8 General Election, the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, appointed a new National-led Government led by Hon John Key.