List of High Commissioners of New Zealand to Canada

The High Commissioner from New Zealand to Canada is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in Canada, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in Canada.

The High Commission is located in Ottawa, Canada's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident High Commissioner in Canada since 1942. The High Commissioner to Canada is concurrently accredited to Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago.

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between New Zealand and Canada are at governmental level, rather than between Heads of State. Thus, the countries exchange High Commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

List of heads of mission

High Commissioners to Canada

• Frank Langstone (1942)
• R M Firth^[1] (1942–1944)
• David Wilson (1944–1947)
• Jim Thorn (1947–1950)
• T C A Hislop (1950–1957)
• Tom Davin^[1] (1957–1958)
• Foss Shanahan (1958–1961)
• John Reid (1961–1965)
• Sir Leon Götz (1965–1968)
• Dean Eyre (1968–1973)
• Jack Shepherd (1973–1976)
• Dean Eyre (1976–1980)
• Ed Latter (1980–1985)
• John Wybrow (1985–1988)
• Bruce Brown (1988–1992)
• Judith Trotter (1992–1994)
• Maurice McTigue (1994–1997)
• Jim Gerard (1997–2000)
• Wade Armstrong (2000–2003)
• Graham Kelly (2003–2006)
• Kate Lackey (2006–2010)
• Andrew Peter Needs (2010 – present)

Footnotes

References

• Heads of Missions List: C. New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 2006-07-08.