List of Australian High Commissioners to New Zealand

High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand
Incumbent
Peter Woolcott
since 2016
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Thomas d'Alton
Formation 1943
Website Australian High Commission, Wellington
The Australian High Commission, 72 Hobson Street, Thorndon.

The High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia to New Zealand in Wellington. The High Commissioner has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is currently Michael Potts, who also holds non-resident accreditation to the Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. The posting is one of Australia's oldest, with the first High Commissioner appointed in 1943.

Office-holders

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Thomas d'Alton19431946[1]
Roden Cutler19461952
Peter Heydon19531955
John Augustine Collins19561962
Donald Alastair Cameron19621965
David McNicol19651968[2]
Ted Hicks19681971
Annabelle Rankin19711974
Brian Clarence Hill19741977
Colin Moodie19751977[3]
Lew Border19771980[3]
James Webster19801984
Les Johnson19841985
Bill McKinnon19871988[4]
Robert Laurie19891992
Ray Greet19931996[5]
Geoff Miller19962000[6][7]
Bob Cotton20002003[7][8]
Allan Hawke20032006[8]
John Dauth20062008[9]
Paul O'Sullivan20092012[10]
Michael Potts20122016[11][12]
Peter Woolcott2016incumbent[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Appointment of High Commissioner welcomed in N.Z.", Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania), 3 December 1943, p. 2
  2. ↑ "New envoy to Thailand". The Canberra Times. 4 June 1968. p. 3.
  3. 1 2 Juddery, Bruce (20 July 1977). "Top-ranking envoy for NZ post". The Canberra Times (ACT). p. 10.
  4. ↑ "High Commissioner dies of heart attack". The Canberra Times. 12 December 1988. p. 3.
  5. ↑ Evans, Gareth (26 September 1995). "DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Evans, Gareth (26 September 1995). "DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  7. 1 2 Downer, Alexander (25 October 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  8. 1 2 Downer, Alexander (2 May 2003). "Diplomatic appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  9. ↑ Downer, Alexander (20 January 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment - High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Smith, Stephen (25 February 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
  11. ↑ Carr, Bob (25 June 2012). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "New envoys to present their credentials". Governor-General of New Zealand. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  13. ↑ Bishop, Julie (28 January 2016). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.

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