List of high commissioners of New Zealand to the United Kingdom

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The high commissioner of New Zealand to the United Kingdom is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom.

History

The High Commission of New Zealand is located in London, the United Kingdom's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident high commissioner in the United Kingdom since 1905, and a resident Agent-General since 1871. The high commissioner to the United Kingdom is concurrently accredited as high commissioner to Nigeria.

The high commissioner was formerly accredited as ambassador of New Zealand to Ireland, which is now a resident mission in Dublin since 2018.

As New Zealand was created as a part of the British Empire, its diplomatic relationship with the United Kingdom is its longest-standing; the position of high commissioner in London pre-dates New Zealand's Dominion status by two years, the Balfour Declaration of 1926 by 21 years, and the adoption of the Statute of Westminster of 1931 by 42 years. New Zealand appointed a high commissioner to Canada in 1942, and a high commissioner to Australia in 1943.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the United Kingdom are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state, with member countries exchanging high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

List of heads of mission

The following individuals have held the office:[1]

No. Name Portrait Term of office Monarch
style="background:Template:Party color"| 1 Isaac FeatherstonTemplate:Refn File:Isaac Featherston.jpg March 1871 September 1876 Victoria
style="background:Template:Party color"| 2 Julius Vogel File:Julius Vogel, ca 1870s.jpg September 1876 December 1880
style="background:Template:Party color"| 3 Dillon Bell File:Francis Dillon Bell 1881.jpg December 1880 September 1891
style="background:Template:Party color"| 4 Westby Perceval File:Westby Brook Perceval, 1890.jpg September 1891 December 1895
height=35 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| 5 William Pember ReevesTemplate:Refn File:William Pember Reeves (crop).jpg December 1895 December 1908
height=35 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| Edward VII
height=35 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| 6 William Hall-Jones File:William Hall-Jones 2.jpg December 1908 August 1912
height=35 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| George V
style="background:Template:Party color"| 7 Thomas Mackenzie File:Thomas Mackenzie.jpg August 1912 19 June 1920
style="background:Template:Party color"| 8 James Allen File:James Allen portrait.jpg 19 June 1920 1 July 1926
style="background:Template:Party color"| 9 James Parr File:James Parr.jpg 1 July 1926 9 January 1930
style="background:Template:Party color"| 10 Thomas Wilford File:Thomas Wilford, 1928.jpg 9 January 1930 25 January 1934
height=35 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| (9) James Parr File:James Parr.jpg 25 January 1934 3 September 1936
height=35 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| Edward VIII
height=35 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| 11 Bill Jordan File:William Joseph Jordan.jpg 3 September 1936 17 September 1951
height=35 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| George VI
height=35 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| 12 Frederick Doidge File:Frederick Doidge.jpg 17 September 1951 26 May 1954†
height=35 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| Elizabeth II
style="background:Template:Party color"| 13 Clifton Webb File:Clifton Webb.jpg 4 January 1955 31 March 1958
style="background:Template:Party color"| - Dick Campbell
(acting) 		File:Dick Campbell, 1960.jpg 1 April 1958 30 September 1958
style="background:Template:Party color"| - George Laking
(acting) 		File:George Laking.jpg 30 September 1958 20 March 1961
style="background:Template:Party color"| 14 Thomas Macdonald File:Thomas Lachlan Macdonald.jpg 20 March 1961 31 March 1968
style="background:Template:Party color"| - Hunter Wade
(acting) 		File:No image.png 31 March 1968 11 May 1968
style="background:Template:Party color"| 15 Denis Blundell File:Sir Denis Blundell.jpg 11 May 1968 22 August 1972
style="background:Template:Party color"| - Merv Norrish
(acting) 		File:Merv Norrish, 2011.jpg 22 August 1972 15 March 1973
style="background:Template:Party color"| 16 Terry McCombs File:Terry McCombs, 1950.jpg 15 March 1973 22 March 1975
style="background:Template:Party color"| 17 Hugh Watt File:Hugh Watt, 1951 (1).jpg 22 March 1975 21 June 1976
style="background:Template:Party color"| 18 Douglas Carter File:Douglas Carter.jpg 21 June 1976 16 July 1979
style="background:Template:Party color"| 19 Les Gandar File:Les Gandar.jpg 16 July 1979 27 September 1982
style="background:Template:Party color"| 20 Bill Young File:Bill Young.jpg 27 September 1982 21 February 1985
style="background:Template:Party color"| 21 Joe Walding File:Joe Walding portrait.jpg 21 February 1985 5 June 1985†
style="background:Template:Party color"| 22 Bryce Harland File:No image.png 15 October 1985 3 June 1991
style="background:Template:Party color"| 23 George Gair File:George Gair.jpg 3 June 1991 April 1994
style="background:Template:Party color"| 24 John Collinge File:No image.png April 1994 1 May 1997
style="background:Template:Party color"| 25 Richard Grant File:No image.png 1 May 1997 4 January 1999
style="background:Template:Party color"| 26 Paul East File:Paul East crop.jpg 4 January 1999 4 January 2002
style="background:Template:Party color"| 27 Russell Marshall File:Russell Marshall, 2017.jpg 4 January 2002 4 January 2005
style="background:Template:Party color"| 28 Jonathan Hunt File:Jonathan Hunt.jpg April 2005 March 2008
style="background:Template:Party color"| 29 Derek Leask File:Derek Leask.jpg March 2008 February 2013
style="background:Template:Party color"| 30 Lockwood Smith File:Lockwood Smith (cropped).jpg 25 March 2013 24 March 2017
style="background:Template:Party color"| 31 Jerry Mateparae File:Jerry Mateparae official photo (cropped).jpg 24 March 2017 April 2020
style="background:Template:Party color"| 32 Bede Corry File:Bede Corry 2022 (cropped).jpg April 2020 8 September 2022
height=35 style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| - Shannon Austin
(acting) 		File:Shannon Austin 2022 (cropped).jpg 8 September 2022 January 2023
height=35 style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:Template:Party color"| Charles III
style="background:Template:Party color"| 33 Phil Goff[2] File:Phil Goff July 2022 (cropped).jpg January 2023 6 March 2025[3]
style="background:Template:Party color"| - Chris Seed[4]
(acting) 		File:Chris Seed CNZM (cropped).jpg 11 March 2025 present (until September 2025)[5]
style="background:Template:Party color"| 34 Hamish Cooper File:Hamish Cooper (crop).jpg September 2025[5]

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See also

References

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