The Governor General of New Zealand, The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy GNZM QSO, is the Honorary Patron of the NZ Company of Master Mariners.
On Waitangi Day (6 February 2019), the Company was represented at a reception at Government House Wellington by the Master, Captain E E Ewbank, and the Warden of the Christchurch Branch, Captain Darrell Daish.


at Government House, Wellington