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New Zealand

Name: David J. Winton
State of Residency: Minnesota
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Note: Not commissioned; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.

Name: Patrick J. Hurley
State of Residency: Oklahoma
Non-career appointee
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Feb 14, 1942
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 24, 1942
Termination of Mission: Left post Aug 12, 1942
Note: The Legation in Wellington had been established Apr 1, 1942, with Minister Hurley in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence.

Name: William C. Burdett
State of Residency: Tennessee
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 8, 1943
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 4, 1943
Termination of Mission: Died at post, Jan 14, 1944

Name: Kenneth S. Patton
State of Residency: Virginia
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 21, 1944
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 15, 1944
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Oct 22, 1945

Name: Avra M. Warren
State of Residency: Maryland
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 27, 1945
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 27, 1946
Termination of Mission: Left post Jul 15, 1947

Name: Robert M. Scotten
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 18, 1947
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 7, 1948
Termination of Mission: Promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Name: Robert M. Scotten
State of Residency: Michigan
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 1, 1948
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 22, 1948
Termination of Mission: Left post Feb 1, 1955
Note: Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on Mar 2, 1949.

Name: Robert C. Hendrickson
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 22, 1955
Presentation of Credentials: Feb 16, 1955
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 20, 1956

Name: Francis H. Russel
State of Residency: Maine
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Apr 8, 1957
Presentation of Credentials: Jun 5, 1957
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Nov 28, 1960

Name: Anthony B. Akers
State of Residency: New York
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jun 12, 1961
Presentation of Credentials: Jul 18, 1961
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Aug 25, 1963

Name: Herbert B. Powell
State of Residency: Oregon
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Sep 10, 1963
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 23, 1963
Termination of Mission: Left New Zealand, Feb 28, 1967

Name: John F. Henning
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jan 26, 1967
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 5, 1967
Termination of Mission: Left post Sep 9, 1969

Name: Kenneth Franzheim II
State of Residency: Texas
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 4, 1969
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 7, 1969
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 1, 1972
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

Note: Chalmers B. Wood served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Nov 1972-Apr 1974.

Name: Joseph S. Farland
State of Residency: West Virginia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Note: Also nominated to Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa on Oct 11, 1973; nomination withdrawn before the Senate acted upon it.

Name: Armistead I. Selden, Jr.
State of Residency: Alabama
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 1, 1974
Presentation of Credentials: Apr 22, 1974
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 23, 1979
Note: Also accredited to Fiji, Tonga, and Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

Name: Anne Clark Martindell
State of Residency: New Jersey
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 3, 1979
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 28, 1979
Termination of Mission: Left post May 7, 1981
Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

Name: H. Monroe Browne
State of Residency: California
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 18, 1981
Presentation of Credentials: Aug 11, 1981
Termination of Mission: Left post Nov 1, 1985
Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

Name: Paul Matthews Cleveland
State of Residency: Florida
Foreign Service officer
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Dec 6, 1985
Presentation of Credentials: Jan 10, 1986
Termination of Mission: Left post Apr 28, 1989
Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

Name: Della M. Newman
State of Residency: Washington
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 10, 1989
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 25, 1989
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 21, 1992
Note: Also accredited to Western Samoa; resident at Wellington.

Note: The following officers served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim: David Walker (Dec 1992-Aug 1993) and Sylvia Stanfield (Aug 1993-May 1994).

Name: Robert F. Goodwin
State of Residency: Maryland
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Aug 11, 1992
Note: Accredited to Western Samoa; did not serve under this appointment.

Name: Josiah Norton Beeman
State of Residency: District of Columbia
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Mar 28, 1994
Presentation of Credentials: May 10, 1994
Termination of Mission: Left post Dec 9, 1999

Name: Carol Moseley-Braun
State of Residency: Illinois
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Nov 15, 1999
Presentation of Credentials: Dec 15, 1999
Termination of Mission: Left post Mar 1, 2001

Name: Charles J. Swindells
State of Residency: Oregon
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Jul 12, 2001
Presentation of Credentials: Oct 12, 2001
Termination of Mission: Left post, Aug 21, 2005

Name: William McCormick
State of Residency: Oregon
Non-career appointee
Title: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Appointment: Oct 12, 2005
Presentation of Credentials:  Nov 9, 2005
Termination of Mission:
Note: Also accredited to Samoa; resident at Wellington


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