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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRIME MINISTER | GOVERNOR | 
| 1965 | 4 august | Associated state to New Zealand | Sir Albert R. Henry | Leslie James Davis | 
| 1973 | Charles James Brocklehurst | |||
| 1975 | 15 october | Sir Gaven Donne | ||
| 1978 | 25 july | Thomas David(I) | 
| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRIME MINISTER | GOVERNOR | 
| 1979 | 4 october | |||
| 1983 | 13 april | Geoffrey A. Henry(I) | ||
| 1983 | 16 november | Sir Thomas David (II) | ||
| 1984 | 18 september | Sir Graham Davies Speight | ||
| 1984 | 19 december | Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa | ||
| 1987 | 29 july | Pupuke Robati | ||
| 1989 | 1 february | Sir Geoffrey A. Henry (II) | ||
| 1990 | 19 december | Sir Apenera Short | ||
| 1999 | 28 june | Joe Williams | ||
| 1999 | 18 november | Terepai Moate | ||
| 2000 | 14 november | Lawrence Murray Greig | ||
| 2001 | 5 february | Fred Goodwin | ||
| 2002 | 11 february | Robert Woonton | ||
| 2004 | 14 december | Jim Marurai | ||
| 2008 | 10 december | Tia Barrett | ||
| 2010 | 3 june | Linda Te Puni | ||
| 2013 | 19 july | Joanna Kempkers | ||
| 2015 | 23 april | Nick Hurley | ||
| 2016 | 6 september | Peter Marshall | ||
| 2018 | 9 july | Henry Puna | ||
| 2018 | 13 september | Tessa Temata | ||
| 2020 | 21 august | Tui Dewes | ||
| 2020 | 30 september | Mark Brown | ||
| 2024 | 22 april | Catherine Graham |