List of high commissioners of Australia 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 Harinder Sidhu since 31 March 2022, who also has responsibility for Tokelau in the Realm of New Zealand, as well as the Pitcairn Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Accreditation was previously held for the Cook Islands and Niue, states in free association as part of the Realm of New Zealand, which now have resident Australian high commissions since March 2020 and August 2020, respectively.

High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand
Incumbent Harinder Sidhu since 31 March 2022
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style	Her Excellency
Reports to	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Residence	Vogel House, Lower Hutt (1966–1976) 15 Butavas Street, Khandallah (since 1976)
Seat	DIC Building, Lambton Quay (1934–1947) Government Life Insurance Building (1947–1964) ICI House, Molesworth Street (1964–1972) 72 Hobson Street, Thorndon (since 1972)
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 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.

Posting history

See also: Australia–New Zealand relations

The DIC Department Store Building in Lambton Quay, Wellington, home of the first Australian Trade Commission in New Zealand in 1934.

The first official Australian representation in New Zealand dates back to March 1934, when the Commonwealth government of Joseph Lyons as part of its policy of expanding trade connections in the Asia-Pacific region, appointed prominent businessman Robert Henry Nesbitt, as the first Trade Commissioner of Australia in New Zealand.^[2][3][4] Nesbitt's appointment followed from the signing of a trade agreement between the two countries on 7 April 1933, which was ratified by the parliament on 10 November 1933.^{[5][6][7][8][9]} To be stationed in the city of Wellington, the government also appointed a senior public servant from the Department of the Interior as assistant trade commissioner, James Payne.^[10][11] Nesbitt commenced his position on 29 August 1934, arriving in Wellington aboard the Huddart Parker liner, MS Wanganella, and setting up offices in the DIC Building in Lambton Quay.^[12][13][14] Nesbitt served until 15 April 1937, when he was appointed as Chairman of the Milk Board of New South Wales.^[15][16][17]

With Nesbitt's departure, in July 1937 the Australian Government appointed the Trade Commissioner in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Charles Edward Critchley, as the next Trade Commissioner in Wellington.^[18] Critchley took over from acting commissioner Payne on 6 December 1937 when he arrived in Wellington aboard the Union Company liner, TSS Awatea.^[19][20] Critchley's assistant trade commissioner was also named in November 1937, with the brother of (then attorney-general) Robert Menzies, James Leslie Menzies, appointed.^[21][22][23] In March 1941, Critchley was appointed Assistant Controller General of Food and was recalled to Australia in April 1941, with Menzies serving as acting trade commissioner and Australia's de facto official representative in New Zealand.^[24][25][26]

By 1942, the governments in Canberra and Wellington had decided upon upgrading their respective representatives to the level of high commissioner.^[27][28] In March 1943, Carl Berendsen was appointed as the first high commissioner of New Zealand in Australia, and in November 1943 the Minister for External Affairs, Herbert Evatt, appointed the Deputy Premier of Tasmania, Thomas d'Alton, as Australia's first high commissioner to New Zealand.^{[29][30][31][32][33][34]}

In 1955, a separate Australian Trade Commission posting was established in the city of Auckland, with Benjamin Dawson serving as the first Trade Commissioner.^[2][35] The trade commission in Auckland was upgraded to a consulate-general from 1 August 1975.^[36][37] A trade commissioner was also appointed to the city of Christchurch from 1957 to 1979.^[38]

Cook Islands and Niue

Main articles: List of Australian High Commissioners to the Cook Islands and List of Australian High Commissioners to Niue

In 1994, Australia formally established diplomatic relations with the Cook Islands, a self-governing state since 1974 in free association with New Zealand, with the high commissioner in Wellington also serving as high commissioner to the Cook Islands. In November 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced an expansion of Australia's diplomatic representation to all members of the Pacific Islands Forum, including opening a new high commission in the Cook Islands and Niue.^[39] On 18 December 2019, Foreign Minister Marise Payne. announced the establishment of a resident Australian High Commission in the Cook Islands to "help underscore Australia’s focus on deepening engagement across the region."^[40] The first resident high commissioner, Christopher Watkins, took office in Rarotonga on 17 March 2020.^[41]

On 27 February 2014 Australia formally established diplomatic relations with Niue, a self-governing state since 1974 in free association with New Zealand, with the high commissioner in Wellington also serving as high commissioner to Niue.^[42] The first resident high commissioner, Susan Allen, took office in Alofi on 26 August 2020.^[43][44]

Heads of mission

The Australian High Commission, 72 Hobson Street, Thorndon.

#	Officeholder	Title	Other offices	Term start date	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
1	Robert Henry Nesbitt	Trade Commissioner		29 August 1934 (29 August 1934)	15 April 1937 (15 April 1937)	2 years, 229 days	[3][12]
−	James Payne (Acting)			15 April 1937 (1937-04-15)	6 December 1937 (1937-12-06)	235 days	[11]
2	Charles Edward Critchley			6 December 1937 (1937-12-06)	April 1941 (1941-04)	3 years, 3 months	[18][19]
−	James Leslie Menzies (Acting)			April 1941 (1941-04)	15 December 1943 (1943-12-15)	2 years, 8 months	[45][46]
3	Thomas d'Alton	High Commissioner		15 December 1943 (1943-12-15)	April 1946 (1946-04)	2 years, 3 months	[47][48][49][50]
4	Roden Cutler			April 1946 (1946-04)	6 May 1953 (1953-05-06)	7 years, 1 month	[51]
5	Peter Heydon			6 May 1953 (1953-05-06)	30 April 1955 (1955-04-30)	1 year, 359 days	[52][53]
−	Owen Davis (Acting)			30 April 1955 (1955-04-30)	6 April 1956 (1956-04-06)	342 days	[54]
6	Sir John Collins			6 April 1956 (1956-04-06)	6 November 1962 (1962-11-06)	6 years, 214 days	[54]
7	Donald Alastair Cameron			6 November 1962 (1962-11-06)	5 November 1965 (1965-11-05)	2 years, 364 days	[55][56]
−	D. J. Horne			5 November 1965 (1965-11-05)	December 1965 (1965-12)	0 months	[57]
8	David McNicol			December 1965 (1965-12)	28 February 1968 (1968-02-28)	2 years, 2 months	[58][59]
9	Sir Edwin Hicks			28 February 1968 (1968-02-28)	18 May 1971 (1971-05-18)	3 years, 79 days	[60][61][62]
10	Dame Annabelle Rankin			6 June 1971 (1971-06-06)	30 September 1974 (1974-09-30)	3 years, 116 days	[63][64]
11	Brian Hill			1 October 1974 (1974-10-01)	December 1975 (1975-12)	1 year, 2 months	[65]
12	Colin Moodie			December 1975 (1975-12)	October 1977 (1977-10)	1 year, 10 months	[66][67]
13	Lew Border			October 1977 (1977-10)	2 February 1980 (1980-02-02)	2 years, 4 months	[67][68]
14	James Webster			2 February 1980 (1980-02-02)	30 April 1984 (1984-04-30)	4 years, 88 days	[69]
15	Les Johnson			1 May 1984 (1984-05-01)	July 1987 (1987-07)	3 years, 2 months	[70]
16	Bill McKinnon			July 1987 (1987-07)	10 December 1988 (1988-12-10)	1 year, 5 months	[71][72][73]
17	Robert Laurie			February 1989 (1989-02)	December 1992 (1992-12)	3 years, 10 months	[74]
18	Ray Greet		A	January 1993 (1993-01)	January 1996 (1996-01)	3 years	[75]
19	Geoff Miller		A	January 1996 (1996-01)	February 2000 (2000-02)	4 years, 1 month	[76][77]
20	Bob Cotton		A	February 2000 (2000-02)	July 2003 (2003-07)	3 years, 5 months	[77][78]
21	Allan Hawke		A	July 2003 (2003-07)	27 February 2006 (2006-02-27)	2 years, 7 months	[78]
22	John Dauth		A	27 February 2006 (2006-02-27)	September 2008 (2008-09)	2 years, 6 months	[79]
−	Frank Ingruber		A	September 2008 (2008-09)	May 2009 (2009-05)	8 months	[80]
23	Paul O'Sullivan		A	May 2009 (2009-05)	July 2012 (2012-07)	3 years, 2 months	[81]
24	Michael Potts		AB	July 2012 (2012-07)	January 2016 (2016-01)	3 years, 6 months	[82][83]
25	Peter Woolcott		AB	28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)	1 August 2017 (2017-08-01)	1 year, 185 days	[84]
−	Andrew Cumpston		AB	1 August 2017 (2017-08-01)	14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)	197 days	[85]
26	Ewen McDonald		AB	14 February 2018 (2018-02-14)	2 March 2019 (2019-03-02)	1 year, 16 days	[86]
27	Patricia Forsythe		AB	2 March 2019 (2019-03-02)	31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	3 years, 29 days	[87][88][89]
28	Harinder Sidhu			31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)	incumbent	2 years, 210 days	[90]

Notes

^A Also non-resident High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, 1994–2020.

^B Also non-resident High Commissioner to Niue, 2014–2020.

Consuls-General in Auckland

Name	Start of term	End of term	References
Michael Crawford	January 2008	December 2013
John Brand	January 2014	July 2018	[91]
Craig Knowles	July 2018	October 2022	[92][93]
Brad Williams	October 2022	present	[94][95]

See also

• Australia–New Zealand relations
• List of New Zealand High Commissioners to Australia

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External links

• Australian High Commission, New Zealand
• Australian High Commission, Cook Islands
• Australian High Commission, Niue