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    Sir Jerry Mateparae: WORLD-CLASS LEADERSHIP MANA

    Jan 20, 2022 5 minutes

    Wikipedia lays out Sir Jerry Mateparae’s track record of leadership very succinctly: “Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jeremiah Mateparae, GNZM, QSO, KStJ was the 20th Governor-General of New Zealand between 2011 and 2016; Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force from 2006 to 2011; served as the director of the New Zealand Government Communications Security Bureau for five months in 2011; following his term as Governor-General, Sir Jerry was the High Commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020.”

    But, according to Sir Jerry, being second is not a bad place to be.

    He notes he was the second Māori officer to be the Army Chief after Major General Brian Poananga (Ngāti Porou and Rangitāne iwi). New Zealand’s second Māori Governor-General after Sir Paul Reeves, and the second Governor-General who also had the High Commissioner role in

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