Twice a year, the Governor-General holds investiture ceremonies at Government House in Wellington and at Government House in Auckland for the people named in the New Year and Queen's Birthday honours lists.   These ceremonies are often attended by members of the media.

Honours recipients travel to these ceremonies from throughout the country. Each recipient may bring a limited number of close family members or friends to the ceremony. After a formal greeting by the Governor-General, the citations for the honours recipients are read out and recipients move up to the dias where they are receive their insignia, medal or decoration from the Governor-General.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Governor-General congratulates all the recipients and the National Anthem, God Defend New Zealand, is sung in Maori and English.  After the ceremony, guests are invited to move through Government House and the gardens, and they are offered either morning or afternoon tea prepared by Government House staff. The Governor-General uses this opportunity to meet the recipients and their guests.

The official photographer photographs each recipient as they receive their honour and also takes photographs of the recipients with Their Excellencies, family and friends after the ceremony.

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