List of High Commissioners of New Zealand to India

The High Commissioner to India is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of India, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in India. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, they exchange diplomatic relations in governmental level rather than through Head of states. Thus the countries exchange High Commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

The High Commission is located in New Delhi, India's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident High Commissioner in India since 1970, except for a period from 1982 until 1985. The High Commissioner to India is concurrently accredited to Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

List of heads of mission

Resident High Commissioners
Fred de Malmanche (right) meeting Jawaharlal Nehru (left) in March 1963
Norman Kirk at the High Commissioner's reception on 29 December 1973 with Mrs Cunninghame, the wife of the New Zealand High Commissioner, and Indira Gandhi

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 High Commissioners
  • 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-Present)

Footnotes
  1. Acting High Commissioner only.
  2. "Foreign Minister announces two diplomatic appointments". New Zealand Government. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

References


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