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The official car for the Governor-General after the Rolls-Royce Phantom VI (last used in 1996) was a Jaguar XJ Sovereign.
Courtesy of Government House
'The Governor-General's car', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/governor-general-car, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2014
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