List of high commissioners of New Zealand to the Solomon Islands

The high commissioner of New Zealand to the Solomon Islands is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the Solomon Islands, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in the Solomon Islands.

The high commission is located in Honiara, the Solomon Islands' capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident high commissioner in the Solomon Islands since 1978.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Solomon Islands are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

List of heads of mission

Commissioners to the Solomon Islands

Non-resident Commissioners, resident in Papua New Guinea

• Michael Mansfield (1977–1978)

High commissioners to the Solomon Islands

• 1978–1980: John Graeme Ammundsen (*1941) 15 Oct 1975 - 10 Feb 1976 Representative in the Cook Islands, 1980–1982: Ambassador in Tehran, 1982-1985: Consul-General in Bahrain, 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)
• Alison Pearce (1986–1988)
• Bernard Hillier (1988–1992)
• Tia Barrett (1992–1996)
• Rhys Richards (1996–1999)
• Nick Hurley (1999–2002)
• Heather Riddell (2002–2004)
• Brian Sanders (2004–2006)
• Deborah Panckhurst (2006—2009)
• Mark Ramsden (2009—2013)
• Don Higgins (2016— )
• Georgina Roberts (2020-2021) ^[1]
• Jonathan Schwass (2022--2025) ^[2]
• Jonathan Curr (2025--Present)

See also

• List of high commissioners of New Zealand to Samoa
• List of high commissioners of New Zealand to South Africa

References

1. "New Zealand Appoints New High Commissioner to Solomon Islands - Solomon Times Online". SolomonTimes.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
2. "𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐙𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐔 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 – SINU" . Retrieved 17 July 2025.