The high commissioner of New Zealand to the Solomon Islands is

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's foremost

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in the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

, and in charge of New Zealand's

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in the Solomon Islands. The high commission is located in

Honiara Honiara () is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal. , it had a population of 92,344 people. The city is served by Honiara International Airport and the seaport of Point Cruz, and lie ...

, the

' capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident high commissioner in the Solomon Islands since 1978. As fellow members of the

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, diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Solomon Islands are at

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al level, rather than between

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. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than

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List of heads of mission

Commissioners to the Solomon Islands

Non-resident Commissioners, resident in Papua New Guinea

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(1977–1978)

High commissioners to the Solomon Islands

* 1978–1980: John Graeme Ammundsen (*1941) 15 Oct 1975 - 10 Feb 1976 Representative in the

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, 1980–1982: Ambassador in Tehran, 1982-1985: Consul-General in

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, succeeding George Horsburgh, 1985-1988: High Commissioner to Nukuʻalofa 1991–1995: Ambassador in The Hague, 1995–1996: Ambassador in Riyadh * Mary Chamberlin (1980–1983) * Rodney Denham (1983–1986) *

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(1986–1988) * Bernard Hillier (1988–1992) *

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(1992–1996) *

Rhys Richards Rhys Morgan Richards is a former New Zealand diplomat and a current historian and ethnographer. He has written extensively on maritime history and Pacific artifacts and art. He has also spoken on these subjects on New Zealand radio and at many ...

(1996–1999) * Nick Hurley (1999–2002) * Heather Riddell (2002–2004) *

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(2004–2006) * Deborah Panckhurst (2006—2009) *Mark Ramsden (2009—) *Don Higgins (2016— )

References

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List of heads of mission

Commissioners to the Solomon Islands

Non-resident Commissioners, resident in Papua New Guinea

High commissioners to the Solomon Islands

See also

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