The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representativeinNew Zealand, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in New Zealand. As the United Kingdom and New Zealand are fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, their diplomatic relations are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.
The British high commissioner to New Zealand is also the non-resident governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, a British Overseas Territory, and formerly non-resident high commissioner to the Independent State of Samoa.[1] Besides the high commission in Wellington, the UK government maintains a consulate generalinAuckland.[2]
The following persons have served as British high commissioner to New Zealand since 1939:
