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Governor-General Keith Holyoake

In 1977 former prime minister and minister of state Sir Keith Holyoake became the oldest person ever appointed as New Zealand’s Governor-General. Here he shares a joke with Chief Justice Sir Richard Wild at his swearing-in.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: 19869 001

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