List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to New Zealand
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Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations typically exchange High Commissioners, rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences, they are in practice one and the same office. The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to New Zealand since 1957.
- Sir Howard George Charles Mallaby KCMG OBE 1957-1959
- The Hon. Sir Francis Cumming-Bruce KCMG 1959-1963
- Sir Arthur Norman Galsworthy KCMG (1969-1973)
- Sir David Aubrey Scott KCMG OBE (1973-1975)
- Sir Harold Smedley KCMG MBE (1976-1980)
- Sir Richard Stratton KCMG (1980-1984)
- Terence Daniel O'Leary CMG (1984-1987)
- Robin Byatt CMG (1987-1990)
- David Moss (1990-1994)
- Robert John Alston CMG QSO (1994-1998)
- Martin Williams 1998-2001)
- Richard Fell CVO (2001-2006)
- George Fergusson (2006-2009)
- Victoria Treadell MVO (2009-Present)
Note that since 1970, the British High Commissioner to New Zealand doubles as the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands.
