List of Australian High Commissioners to New Zealand
High Commissioner to New Zealand | |
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Style | Her Excellency |
Reports to | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Residence | 15 Butavas Street, Khandallah |
Seat | 72 Hobson Street, Thorndon |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Australia |
Appointer | Governor General of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Thomas d'Alton |
Formation | 15 December 1943 |
Website | Australian High Commission, 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 Harinder Sidhu since 31 March 2022, who also has responsibility for 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.
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 and Trade Commission in Auckland maintained by Austrade since 1955.
High Commissioners
Name | Start of term | End of term | References |
Thomas d'Alton | 15 December 1943 | June 1946 | [2] |
Roden Cutler | June 1946 | May 1953 | |
Peter Heydon | May 1953 | 30 April 1955 | |
Owen Davis (acting) | 30 April 1955 | 6 April 1956 | |
John Augustine Collins | 6 April 1956 | November 1962 | |
Donald Alastair Cameron | November 1962 | December 1965 | |
David McNicol | December 1965 | March 1968 | [3] |
Ted Hicks | March 1968 | 1971 | |
Annabelle Rankin | 1971 | 1974 | |
Brian Hill | 1974 | 1977 | |
Colin Moodie | 1975 | 1977 | [4] |
Lew Border | 1977 | 1980 | [4] |
James Webster | 1980 | 1984 | |
Les Johnson | 1984 | 1985 | |
Bill McKinnon | 1987 | 1988 | [5] |
Robert Laurie | 1989 | 1992 | |
Ray Greet | 1993 | 1996 | [6] |
Geoff Miller | 1996 | 2000 | [7][8] |
Bob Cotton | 2000 | 2003 | [8][9] |
Allan Hawke | 2003 | 2006 | [9] |
John Dauth | 2006 | 2008 | [10] |
Paul O'Sullivan | 2009 | 2012 | [11] |
Michael Potts | 2012 | 2016 | [12][13] |
Peter Woolcott | 28 January 2016 | 1 August 2017 | [14] |
Andrew Cumpston (acting) | 1 August 2017 | 14 February 2018 | [15] |
Ewen McDonald | 14 February 2018 | 2 March 2019 | [16] |
Patricia Forsythe | 2 March 2019 | 31 March 2022 | [17][18][19] |
Harinder Sidhu | 31 March 2022 | present | [20] |
Consuls-General in Auckland
Name | Start of term | End of term | References |
Michael Crawford | January 2008 | December 2013 | |
John Brand | January 2014 | July 2018 | [21] |
Craig Knowles | July 2018 | date | [22] |
See also
References
- ^ "CA 2781 – Australian High Commission, New Zealand [Wellington]". National Archives of Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Appointment of High Commissioner welcomed in N.Z.", Advocate, Burnie, Tasmania, p. 2, 3 December 1943
- ^ "New envoy to Thailand". The Canberra Times. 4 June 1968. p. 3.
- ^ a b Juddery, Bruce (20 July 1977). "Top-ranking envoy for NZ post". The Canberra Times. ACT. p. 10.
- ^ "High Commissioner dies of heart attack". The Canberra Times. 12 December 1988. p. 3.
- ^ Evans, Gareth (26 September 1995). "DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Evans, Gareth (26 September 1995). "DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENT: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ a b Downer, Alexander (25 October 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ a b Downer, Alexander (2 May 2003). "Diplomatic appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
- ^ Downer, Alexander (20 January 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment – High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
- ^ Smith, Stephen (25 February 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment: High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015.
- ^ Carr, Bob (25 June 2012). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016.
- ^ "New envoys to present their credentials". Governor-General of New Zealand. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ Bishop, Julie (28 January 2016). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.
- ^ "First Australians to learn from Māori | Newshub". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018.
- ^ Bishop, Julie (11 January 2018). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Wroe, David (1 March 2019). "Foreign Minister Marise Payne appoints friend and ally to plum diplomatic post". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Payne, Marise (2 March 2019). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022.
- ^ Payne, Marise (31 March 2022). "High Commissioner to New Zealand" (Press release). Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australian Government. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022.
- ^ "John Brand – Consul General & Senior Trade Commissioner". Austrade. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Ciobo, Steven (26 January 2018). "New Consuls-General appointed to key Austrade posts" (Press release). Australian Government.
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