The flags were flying as the Defence Force paraded in support of the State Farewell for Their Excellencies The Right Honourable Sir Anand Satyanand, Governor-General of New Zealand and Lady Susan Satyanand at Parliament on Wednesday, 17 August 2011. The Governor-General inspected the 100 person Royal Guard of Honour in the freezing cold rain before festivities moved inside to the Beehive's banquet hall. As part of the ceremony the NZ Army's 16th Field Regiment fired a 21-gun salute from Point Jerningham.