The official secretary to the governor-general of New Zealand is a member in the household of the governor-general of New Zealand. They are the general manager of Government House, Wellington and Government House, Auckland. Prior to 1917 they were known as the private secretary to the governor.^{[citation needed]}

The Secretary is employed by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

List of official secretaries

	Name	Portrait	Term	Governor-General
1	Sir Cecil Day CMG CBE		28 June 1917 – 1936	Liverpool
				Jellicoe
				Fergusson
				Bledisloe
				Galway
2	David Fouhy CVO CBE		31 July 1936 – 30 November 1960	​
				Newall
				Freyberg
				Norrie
				Cobham
3	David Williams CVO CBE		1 December 1960 – 31 July 1977	​
				Fergusson
				Porritt
				Blundell
4	James Brown CVO		1 August 1977 – 1985	​
				Holyoake
				Beattie
5	Paul Canham LVO		1985–1990	​
				Reeves
6	Ken Richardson CVO QSO		1990–1993	​
				Tizard
7	Hugo Judd CVO QSO		1993–2004	​
				Hardie Boys
				Cartwright
8	Tia Barrett		2004–2005	​
9	Andrew Renton-Green QSO		2005–2007	​
				Satyanand
10	Adrian Simcock		2007	​
11	Rob Taylor		2008–2010	​
12	Niels Holm		2010–2014	​
				Mateparae
13	Greg Baughen		2014–2021	​
				Reddy
14	Alice Ropata		2021–present	​
				Kiro