This Proclamation dissolving the Parliament of New Zealand was publicly read by me, Phillippe Patrick O’Shea, the person authorised by Her Excellency the Governor-General to do so, at the Parliament House, in the City of Wellington, at 11.00am on 22 August 2017, in the presence of:

David Martin Wilson, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Rafael Ignacio Gonzalez-Montero Tejada, Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Suzanne Jones, Clerk-Assistant of the House of Representatives.

Signed:
PHILLIPPE PATRICK O’SHEA, New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary to The Queen.