Surveyor-General of New Zealand

Surveyor-General of New Zealand is a position created in 1840 when New Zealand became a separate colony.

List of Surveyors General of New Zealand

Surveyor General Period in office Notes
Felton Mathew Feb 1840 – Dec 1841 Appointed 1839
Charles Whybrow Ligar Jan 1842 – Feb 1856 From 1852 to 1876 the office of Surveyor-General lapsed. Control of surveys was ceded to the provinces.
John Turnbull Thomson May 1876 – Oct 1879 Surveyor-General was appointed in 1876 as head of the Department of the Surveyor-General.
James McKerrow Nov 1879 – Jan 1889 Secretary for Crown Lands and Surveyor-General
Stephenson Percy Smith Feb 1889 – Jun 1901 Secretary for Crown Lands and Surveyor-General
Alexander Barron Jul 1901 – Dec 1901 Secretary for Crown Lands and Acting Surveyor-General
John William Allman Marchant Jan 1902 – Jun 1906 Secretary for Crown Lands and Surveyor-General
Thomas Humphries Jul 1906 – Jun 1909
John Strauchon Jul 1909 – Mar 1912
James MacKenzie Apr 1912 – Mar 1914
Ernest Herbert Wilmot Apr 1914 – Mar 1920
Thomas Noel Brodrick Apr 1920 – Oct 1920 Under–Secretary for Lands and Surveyor-General
William Thomas Neill Oct 1920 – Mar 1929
Maurice Crompton Smith Oct 1922 – Dec 1922 Acting
Harry Edward Walshe Apr 1929 – Mar 1946
Russell Gladstone Dick Apr 1946 – Jun 1962
Robert Philip Gough Jun 1962 – Jun 1970
William Seaton Boyes Jul 1970 – Feb 1973
Ian Francis Stirling Mar 1973 – Jun 1981
Warren Neil Hawkey Jul 1981 – Sep 1987
William Alexander Robertson Oct 1987 – Jun 1996 also Director General from Apr 1988
Anthony John Bevin Oct 1995 – Apr 2004 acting to Jun 1996
Dr Donald Grant Apr 2004 – Feb 2014
Mark Dyer[1] Mar 2014 - Present

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