List of high commissioners of New Zealand to the United Kingdom
High Commissioners to the United Kingdom

List of high commissioners of New Zealand to the United Kingdom

Section Title: High Commissioners to the United Kingdom
Table Section Text: None

Name	Portrait	Monarch	Took Office	Left Office

1	Hon. William Pember Reeves	-	Edward VII	1905	1908

2	Hon. Sir William Hall-Jones	-	Edward VII George V	1908	1912

3	Rt Hon. Sir Thomas Mackenzie	-	George V	1912	1920

4	Hon. Sir James Allen	-	1920	1926

5	Hon. Sir James Parr	-	1926	1930

6	Hon. Sir Thomas Wilford	-	1930	1935

Hon. Sir James Parr, 2nd time	-	George V Edward VIII	1935	1936

7	Rt Hon. Sir Bill Jordan	-	Edward VIII George VI	1936	1951

8	Hon. Sir Frederick Doidge	-	George VI, Elizabeth II	1951	1955

9	Hon. Sir Clifton Webb	-	Elizabeth II	1955	1958

Dr Richard Mitchelson Campbell (acting)	-	1958	1958

George Laking (acting)	-	1958	1961

10	Hon. Sir Thomas Macdonald	-	1961	1968

11	Sir Denis Blundell	-	1968	1972

Merwyn Norrish (acting)	-	1972	1973

12	Hon. Sir Terry McCombs	-	1973	1975

13	Rt Hon. Hugh Watt	-	1975	1976

14	Hon. Sir Douglas Carter	-	1976	1979

15	Hon. Les Gandar	-	1979	1982

16	Hon. Bill Young	-	1982	1985

17	Hon. Joe Walding	-	1985

18	Bryce Harland	-	1985	1991

19	Hon. George Gair	-	1991	1994

20	John Collinge	-	1994	1997

21	Richard Grant	-	1997	1999

22	Rt Hon. Paul East	-	1999	2002

23	Hon. Russell Marshall	-	2002	2005

24	Rt Hon. Jonathan Hunt	-	2005	2008

25	Derek Leask	-	2008	2013

26	Rt Hon. Sir Lockwood Smith	-	2013	2017

27	Rt Hon. Sir Jerry Mateparae	-	2017	incumbent

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Bill Young was appointed to the post of New Zealand's High Commissioner to United Kingdom.

final_sentence: Bill Young was appointed to the post of New Zealand's High Commissioner to United Kingdom.