Dame Cynthia Alcyion Kiro DNZM (born 1958) is a New Zealand public health academic and administrator, who will become the 22nd Governor-General of New Zealand in October 2021. Before she was announced as governor-general designate, Kiro was the Ahorangi Chief Executive of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and was previously the Children's Commissioner, head of the School of Public Health at Massey University, head of Te Kura Māori at Victoria University of Wellington and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Māori) of the University of Auckland.