Sir Paul Alfred Reeves (6 December 193214 August 2011) was a New Zealand politician and archbishop. He was the Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand from 1980 to 1985 and the 15th Governor-General of New Zealand from 22 November 1985 to 20 November 1990.
He was the first Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology.
In July 2011, Reeves announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer. He died of the disease in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 78.
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Other websites
Biography at Holy Trinity Cathedral website
Official biographies of former Governors–General of New Zealand
Radio NZ interview, 8 May 2011 Sir Paul talks extensively about his life and work with interviewer Chris Laidlaw. (Listen directly or download options)