List of Australian High Commissioners to New Zealand

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 Patricia Forsythe, who also holds non-resident accreditation to the Realm of New Zealand, including the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau, as well as the Pitcairn Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.

High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand
Incumbent
Patricia Forsythe
since 2 March 2019
StyleHis Excellency
NominatorPrime Minister of Australia
AppointerGovernor General of Australia
Inaugural holderThomas d'Alton
Formation15 December 1943
WebsiteAustralian High Commission, Wellington
The Australian High Commission, 72 Hobson Street, Thorndon.

The posting is one of Australia's oldest, with the first High Commissioner appointed in 1943, although it dates much earlier to 1934 when an Australian Government Trade Commissioner was appointed to Wellington.[1] There is also a Consulate-General in Auckland maintained by Austrade.

High Commissioners
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Thomas d'Alton15 December 1943June 1946[2]
Roden CutlerJune 1946May 1953
Peter HeydonMay 195330 April 1955
Owen Davis (acting)30 April 19556 April 1956
John Augustine Collins6 April 1956November 1962
Donald Alastair CameronNovember 1962December 1965
David McNicolDecember 1965March 1968[3]
Ted HicksMarch 19681971
Annabelle Rankin19711974
Brian Clarence Hill19741977
Colin Moodie19751977[4]
Lew Border19771980[4]
James Webster19801984
Les Johnson19841985
Bill McKinnon19871988[5]
Robert Laurie19891992
Ray Greet19931996[6]
Geoff Miller19962000[7][8]
Bob Cotton20002003[8][9]
Allan Hawke20032006[9]
John Dauth20062008[10]
Paul O'Sullivan20092012[11]
Michael Potts20122016[12][13]
Peter Woolcott28 January 20161 August 2017[14]
Andrew Cumpston (acting)1 August 201714 February 2018[15]
Ewen McDonald14 February 20182 March 2019[16]
Patricia Forsythe 2 March 2019 present [17]

Consuls-General in Auckland
NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Michael CrawfordJanuary 2008December 2013
John BrandJanuary 2014July 2018[18]
Craig KnowlesJuly 2018date[19]

See also

References
  1. "CA 2781 – Australian High Commission, New Zealand [Wellington]". National Archives of Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. "Appointment of High Commissioner welcomed in N.Z.", Advocate, Burnie, Tasmania, p. 2, 3 December 1943
  3. "New envoy to Thailand". The Canberra Times. 4 June 1968. p. 3.
  4. Juddery, Bruce (20 July 1977). "Top-ranking envoy for NZ post". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 10.
  5. "High Commissioner dies of heart attack". The Canberra Times. 12 December 1988. p. 3.
  6. Evans, Gareth (26 September 1995). "DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  7. Evans, Gareth (26 September 1995). "DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  8. Downer, Alexander (25 October 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  9. Downer, Alexander (2 May 2003). "Diplomatic appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
  10. Downer, Alexander (20 January 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment - High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
  11. Smith, Stephen (25 February 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
  12. Carr, Bob (25 June 2012). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016.
  13. "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.
  14. Bishop, Julie (28 January 2016). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.
  15. http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2018/01/first-australians-to-learn-from-maori.html
  16. Bishop, Julie (11 January 2018). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government.
  17. "Patricia Forsythe announced as Australia's High Commissioner to New Zealand". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  18. "John Brand - Consul General & Senior Trade Commissioner". Austrade. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  19. Ciobo, Steven (26 January 2018). "New Consuls-General appointed to key Austrade posts" (Press release). Australian Government.
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