The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in

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, and head of the UK's

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in New Zealand. As the United Kingdom and New Zealand are fellow members of the

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, their diplomatic relations are at governmental level, rather than between

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. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors. The British high commissioner to New Zealand is also the non-resident

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of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, a British Overseas Territory, and formerly non-resident high commissioner to the Independent State of Samoa. Besides the High Commission in

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...

, the UK government maintains a

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Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...

List of High Commissioners

The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to

since 1939: *1939–1945: Sir Harry Batterbee *1945–1949: Sir Patrick Duff *1949–1953: Sir Roy Price *1953–1957: General Sir Geoffry Scoones *1957–1959: Sir George Mallaby *1959–1963: Sir Francis Cumming-Bruce *1969–1973: Sir Arthur Galsworthy *1973–1975: Sir David Aubrey Scott *1976–1980: Sir Harold Smedley *1980–1984: Sir Richard Stratton *1984–1987:

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*1987–1990:

Robin Byatt Ronald "Robin" Archer Campbell Byatt (14 November 1930 – 30 November 2019) was a British diplomat, who served as British High Commissioner to New Zealand, and Zimbabwe and Ambassador to Morocco. He was also the Governor of Pitcairn. He was ma ...

*1990–1994: Sir David Moss *1994–1998:

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*1998–2001: Martin Williams *2001–2006:

Richard Fell Richard Taylor Fell CVO (born 11 November 1948) was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and the colonial Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (of which only Pitcairn is inhabited) from 2001 to 2006. He was edu ...

*2006–2010: George Fergusson *2010–2014:

Victoria Treadell Victoria Marguerite Treadell, (; born 4 November 1959) is the high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia and has been in the posting since April 2019. She is the former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia, High Commi ...

*2014–2017:

Jonathan Sinclair Jonathan William Rossiter Sinclair (born 13 October 1970) is a British diplomat who is Director of Human Resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Career Sinclair was educated at Radley College and studied at Oxford University for a B ...

*2018–2022: Laura Clarke *2022–: Iona Thomas

References

External links

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List of High Commissioners

See also

References

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