List of high commissioners of New Zealand to Australia

The High Commissioner from New Zealand to Australia is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the Commonwealth of Australia, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in Australia.

High Commissioner of New Zealand to Australia
Coat of Arms of New Zealand
Incumbent Dame Annette King since December 2018
Style	Her Excellency
Appointer	Governor-General of New Zealand
Term length	At Her Majesty's Pleasure
Inaugural holder	Carl Berendsen
Formation	February 1943

The High Commission is located in Canberra, Australia's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident High Commissioner in Australia since 1943.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between New Zealand and Australia are at governmental level, rather than between Heads of State. Thus, the countries exchange High Commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

List of heads of mission

High Commissioners to Australia

• Carl Berendsen (1943–1944)
• Jim Barclay (1944–1950)
• George Edwin Alderton (1950–1958)[1]
• Fred Jones (1958–1961)
• Sydney Cuthbert Johnston (1961–1963)
• Jack Shepherd[2] (1963–1964)
• J L Hazlett (1964–1970)
• Arthur Yendell (1970–1973)
• E P Chapman (1973–1976)
• Sir Laurie Francis (1976–1985)
• Graham Ansell (1985–1989)
• Ted Woodfield (1989–1994)
• Graham Fortune (1994–1999)
• Simon Murdoch (1999–2002)
• Kate Lackey (2002–2006)
• John Larkindale (2006–2011)
• Martyn Dunne (2011–2013)
• Chris Seed (2013–2018)[3]
• Dame Annette King (2018–present)

Notes

1. "Mr. G. E. Alderton New Zealand High Commissioner". The Canberra Times. 14 July 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
2. Acting High Commissioner only.
3. "Foreign embassies and consulates in Australia - Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade". Protocol.dfat.gov.au. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

References

• "Heads of Missions List: A". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 8 July 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2006.
• Chris Seed named NZ's next High Commissioner to Australia. The New Zealand Herald, 24 October 2013. Retrieved on 2014-04-28.