List of heads of mission
High commissioners to India
- Resident HCs
- Bill Challis [1] (1958–1960)
- Sir Guy Powles (1960–1963)
- Fred de Malmanche (1963–1965)
- James Esmond Farrell (1965–1968)
- Brian Lendrum (1968–1971)
Post vacant (1971–1972)
- Rex Cunninghame (1972–1975)
- Colin Aikman (1975–1979)
- Don Harper (1979–1981)
- Barry Brooks (1981–1982)
- Non-resident high commissioners,resident in Wellington
- Barry Brooks (1982–1983)
- David McDowell (1983–1985)
- Resident HCs
- Sir Edmund Hillary (1985–1989)
- Priscilla Williams (1989–1993)
- Nick Bridge (1993–1997)
- Adrian Simcock (1997–2001)
- Caroline McDonald (2001–2004)
- Graeme Waters (2004–2007)
- Rupert Holborow (2007–2011)
- Jan Henderson (2011–2014)
- Grahame Morton (2014–2017)
- Joanna Kempkers (2017–2020)
- David Pine [2] (2020-2024)
- Patrick Rata (2024–Present)
