List of Australian High Commissioners to New Zealand

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High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand
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Harinder Sidhu, official portrait as Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (2022).jpg
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
Formation15 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 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.

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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

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

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. WellingtonEmbassy-Australia.jpg
The Australian High Commission, 72 Hobson Street, Thorndon.
#OfficeholderTitleOther officesTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1Robert Henry NesbittTrade Commissioner29 August 193415 April 19372 years, 229 days [3] [12]
James Payne (Acting)15 April 19376 December 1937235 days [11]
2Charles Edward Critchley6 December 1937April 19413 years, 3 months [18] [19]
James Leslie Menzies (Acting)April 194115 December 19432 years, 8 months [45] [46]
3 Thomas d'Alton High Commissioner15 December 1943April 19462 years, 3 months [47] [48] [49] [50]
4 Roden Cutler April 19466 May 19537 years, 1 month [51]
5 Peter Heydon 6 May 195330 April 19551 year, 359 days [52] [53]
Owen Davis (Acting)30 April 19556 April 1956342 days [54]
6 Sir John Collins 6 April 19566 November 19626 years, 214 days [54]
7 Donald Alastair Cameron 6 November 19625 November 19652 years, 364 days [55] [56]
D. J. Horne5 November 1965December 19650 months [57]
8 David McNicol December 196528 February 19682 years, 2 months [58] [59]
9 Sir Edwin Hicks 28 February 196818 May 19713 years, 79 days [60] [61] [62]
10 Dame Annabelle Rankin 6 June 197130 September 19743 years, 116 days [63] [64]
11 Brian Hill 1 October 1974December 19751 year, 2 months [65]
12 Colin Moodie December 1975October 19771 year, 10 months [66] [67]
13 Lew Border October 19772 February 19802 years, 4 months [67] [68]
14 James Webster 2 February 198030 April 19844 years, 88 days [69]
15 Les Johnson 1 May 1984July 19873 years, 2 months [70]
16 Bill McKinnon July 198710 December 19881 year, 5 months [71] [72] [73]
17Robert LaurieFebruary 1989December 19923 years, 10 months [74]
18Ray Greet A January 1993January 19963 years [75]
19 Geoff Miller A January 1996February 20004 years, 1 month [76] [77]
20Bob Cotton A February 2000July 20033 years, 5 months [77] [78]
21 Allan Hawke A July 200327 February 20062 years, 7 months [78]
22 John Dauth A 27 February 2006September 20082 years, 6 months [79]
Frank Ingruber A September 2008May 20098 months [80]
23 Paul O'Sullivan A May 2009July 20123 years, 2 months [81]
24 Michael Potts A B July 2012January 20163 years, 6 months [82] [83]
25 Peter Woolcott A B 28 January 20161 August 20171 year, 185 days [84]
Andrew Cumpston A B 1 August 201714 February 2018197 days [85]
26Ewen McDonald A B 14 February 20182 March 20191 year, 16 days [86]
27 Patricia Forsythe A B 2 March 201931 March 20223 years, 29 days [87] [88] [89]
28Harinder Sidhu31 March 2022incumbent3 years, 144 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

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Michael CrawfordJanuary 2008December 2013
John BrandJanuary 2014July 2018 [91]
Craig Knowles July 2018October 2022 [92] [93]
Brad WilliamsOctober 2022present [94] [95]

See also

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