What is Governor-General of New Zealand?
{{Infobox official post | post = Governor-General | body = New Zealand | native_name = {{nowrap|{{native name|mi|Kāwana Tianara o Aotearoa}}}} | insignia = Crowned Arms of New Zealand.svg | insigniasize = 75px | insigniacaption = Badge | flag = Flag of the Governor-General of New Zealand.svg | flagsize = 175px | flagborder = yes | flagcaption = [[Flag of the governor-general of New Zealand|Flag of the governor-general]] | image = Cindy Kiro DNZM (cropped).jpg | imagesize = 175px | alt = A smiling woman wearing the badge of the New Zealand Order of Merit | incumbent = [[Dame]] [[Cindy Kiro]]<br>{{post-nominals|size=80%|country=NZL|GNZM|QSO}} | acting = | incumbentsince = 21 October 2021 | department = [[Viceroy]] | style = [[Her Excellency]]&nbsp;[[the Right Honourable]] | type = | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = | reports_to = | residence = [[Government House, Wellington]]<br>[[Government House, Auckland]] | seat = [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] | nominator = [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] | appointer = [[Monarchy of New Zealand|Monarch of New Zealand]] | appointer_qualified = on the advice of the Prime Minister | termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]] | termlength_qualified = (usually 5 years by [[Constitutional convention (political custom)|constitutional convention]]) | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | formation = 3 May 1841 | first = [[William Hobson]]<br>as Governor of New Zealand | last = | abolished = | succession = | unofficial_