Name Portrait Monarch Took Office Left Office William Pember Reeves Edward VII 1905 1908 Sir William Hall - Jones Edward VII George V 1908 1912 Sir Thomas Mackenzie George V 1912 1920 Sir James Allen 1920 1926 5 Sir James Parr 1926 1930 6 Sir Thomas Wilford 1930 1935 Sir James Parr, 2nd time George V Edward VIII 1935 1936 7 Sir Bill Jordan Edward VIII George VI 1936 1951 8 Sir Frederick Doidge George VI, Elizabeth II 1951 1955 9 Sir Clifton Webb Elizabeth II 1955 1958 Dr Richard Mitchelson Campbell (acting) 1958 1958 George Laking (acting) 1958 1961 10 Sir Thomas Macdonald 1961 1968 11 Sir Denis Blundell 1968 1972 Merwyn Norrish (acting) 1972 1973 12 Sir Terry McCombs 1973 13 Hugh Watt 1976 14 Sir Douglas Carter 1976 1979 15 Les Gandar 1979 1982 16 Bill Young 1982 1985 17 Joe Walding 1985 18 Bryce Harland 1985 1991 19 George Gair 1991 1994 20 John Collinge 1994 1997 21 Richard Grant 1997 1999 22 Paul East 1999 2002 23 Russell Marshall 2002 2005 24 Jonathan Hunt 2005 2008 25 Derek Leask 2008 2013 26 Sir Lockwood Smith 2013 2017 27 Sir Jerry Mateparae 2017 incumbent
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