The Governors : New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General /
Gavin McLean.
- 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 27 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : performing the functions of a stamp? -- Part I. Soldiers and engineers of Empire (1840-89) -- Empire's shock-absorbers : Gipps, Hobson, FitzRoy & Grey, 1840-83 -- 'Take away the key' : Browne & Grey, 1853-68 -- Humbugs and memorandumiads : Bowen, Sir James Fergusson, Normanby & Robinson, 1868-80 -- 'Presiding at charity dinners and entertaining large parties of stupid people' : Gordon & Jervois, 1880-9 -- Part II. Vice-regal ceremonial (1860s-1970s) -- 'He looked at all the men's boots to see that the heels were cleaned' : governors and ceremonies -- Part III. Holiday jobs or outdoor relief for the aristocracy? (1889-1920) -- 'A governor's life is not a bad one except when he has constitutional questions to debate with his ministers' : Onslow, Glasgow & Ranfurly, 1889-1904 -- Knights of the Round Table : Plunket, Islington & Liverpool, 1904-20 -- Part IV. A new imperial system (1917-31) -- Winds of change or gentle zephyrs? : constitutional change within empire -- Part V. Whisky and soda warriors (1920-72) -- 'Successful sailors and soldiers' : Jellicoe & Fergusson, 1920-30 -- Nation within empire : Bledisloe, 1930-5 -- Whisky and soda warriors : Galway, Newell & Freyberg, 1935-52 -- The last ten thousand pound Poms : Norrie, Cobham, Fergusson & Porritt, 1952-72 -- Part VI. Home-grown (1972-) -- Kiwis become 'the Queen in drag' : Blundell, Holyoake & Beattie, 1972-85 -- Virtual heads of state? : Reeves, Tizard, Hardie Boys & Cartwright, 1985-2006 -- Stocktakes and discussions -- Appendices. Office-holders ; Titles and honours ; 'At home' : life in Government House.