Sir Bernard Fergusson was Governor-General from 1962 to 1967. Governing New Zealand ran in the Fergusson blood. Sir Bernard was the third Fergusson to occupy Government House. His grandfather, Sir James Fergusson, was governor from 1873 to 1874, and his father, Sir Charles Fergusson, was Governor-General from 1924 to 1930.
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History of the Governor-General
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Events
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25 April 1963
NZ medics start work in South Vietnam
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4 December 1966
Radio Hauraki rules the waves
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26 November 1960
'Kiwi Keith' begins 12-year reign as PM
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10 July 1967
NZ adopts decimal currency
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21 June 1964
The Beatles land in NZ
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7 December 1963
Bassett Road machine-gun murders
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2 May 1964
NZ's last electric tram trip
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1 June 1960
NZ's first official TV broadcast
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4 April 2001
Silvia Cartwright becomes governor-general
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10 February 1967
End of free school milk
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10 April 1968
Sinking of the Wahine
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9 October 1967
The end of the 'six o'clock swill'
Biographies
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Paul Reeves
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Keith Holyoake
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Bernard Freyberg
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Jack Hunn
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Ralph Hanan
Articles
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Television in New Zealand
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The 1960s
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The Beatles in New Zealand
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Governors and Governors-General
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Viceregal visiting
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History of the Governor-General
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Vietnam War
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Notes for My Successor
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Empire Day
Community contributions