Tears flowed and a traditional Maori prayer was even performed at some of the first investitures to be officiated by the new Governor-General Sam Mostyn this week.
Ms Mostyn yesterday bent down to comfort 84-year-old Narrabundah historian Esther Davies who was in a wheelchair and overwhelmed by receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in one of the ceremonies at Government House in Canberra on Thursday.