Address in Reply—Presentation to Governor-General

The address is as follows:

Address from the House of Representatives

to

Her Excellency The Honourable Dame Silvia Cartwright, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Principal Companion of The Queen’s Service Order, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand.

Your Excellency—

We, the House of Representatives, thank you for the speech addressed to us when you opened this Forty-eighth Parliament.

We assure you that the matters referred to in your speech will receive our careful consideration.

Ko te tūmanako nei kia mahi tahi tātou katoa.

Address adopted.

I move, That Madam Speaker, accompanied by the mover and the seconder, and other members of the House, do present the said Address to Her Excellency the Governor-General at a place and time to be appointed by Her Excellency.

Motion agreed to.