New Zealand Antarctic Territory (Ross Dependency)
 

Adopted 30 Jul 1923     Map of New Zealand Antarctic Claim Hear National Anthem "God Defend New Zealand" Hear National Anthem  "God Save the Queen" Constitution Act (1 Jan 1987) Capital: Scott Base (Wellington 1923-1957) Currency: New Zealand Dollar (NZD)  National Holiday: 6 Feb (1840) Waitangi Day Population: Uninhabited Seasonal Research Staff Summer (Jan): 85 Winter (Jul): 10 (2007-2008) Total Active Armed Forces: N/A Defense is the Responsibility of New Zealand Merchant marine: N/A Number of Year-round Stations: 1 Summer-only Stations: 0 (2007-2008) GDP: $N/A International Organizations/Treaties: UPU New Zealand Antarctic Territory Chronology  9 Jan 1841                 Ross Ice Shelf and Victoria Land claimed                               for Britain. 23 Jul 1923                 Antarctica between 160°E and 150°W longitudes                               and south of 60° annexed by Britain and named                               Ross Dependency. 30 Jul 1923                 Ross Dependency is transferred to New Zealand. 20 Jan 1957                 Scott Base base in Antarctica opens, from                               5 Mar 1958 under New Zealand (a permanent                               base since 1962).  4 May 1959                 New Zealand Antarctic Division established.  1 Jul 1996                 New Zealand Antarctic Institute, later renamed                               Antarctica New Zealand, established.

Governors of Ross Dependency
30 Jul 1923 -               the Governors-general of New Zealand

Superintendent of the New Zealand Antarctic Program
May 1959 - Apr 1965         Geoffrey W. Markham
Directors of the New Zealand Antarctic Program
Apr 1965 - Dec 1988         Robert Baden Thompson             (b. 1927 - d. 2008)
Dec 1988 - Sep 1990         Hugh Logan
Sep 1990 - Jul 1992         Dave Geddes (acting)
12 Jul 1992 -  1 Jul 1996   Gillian S. Wratt (f)              (b. 1954)  
Chief Executive Officers of Antarctica New Zealand
 1 Jul 1996 - Aug 2002      Gillian S. Wratt (f)              (s.a.) 
Aug 2002 -                  Lou Sanson

Administrators of Ross Dependency
15 Nov 1923 – 1926         George Samuel Hooper
23 Oct 1926 – 1927         William Whiteford
1928 – 1929                Edward Hillis Marshall
11 Oct 1929 – 1953         William Wigmore Stuart             (d. 1953)
27 Aug 1953 - 23 Jan 1957  Harold Ruegg
Officers of the Government of the Ross Dependency
(the Senior Officer in charge of Scott Base)
1957 - 1958                Trevor Hatherton                   (b. 1924 - d. 1992)
1958 - 1959                Linden H. Martin
1959 - 1960                Rodney Hewitt                      (b. 1913 - d. 1964)
1960 - 1961                James Lennox-King
1961 - 1962                V.E. Donnelly
1962 - 1963                Colin Maxwell Clark (1st time)     (b. 1931 - d. 2002)
1963 - 1964                Ronald Arthur Tinker
1964 - 1965                Russell Endean Rawle               (d. 2005)
1965 - 1966                Adrian Hayter                      (b. 1914 - d. 1990)
1966 - 1967                Michael Maynard Prebble            (b. c.1939 - d. 1995)
1967 - 1968                Colin Maxwell Clark (2nd time)     (s.a.)
1968 - 1969                William James Webb
1969 - 1970                Robin Foubister
1970 - 1971                Robert Bruce Willis
1971 - 1972                Brian Porter
1972 - 1973                James Richard Milton Barber
1973 - 1974                Peter Gersham Frazer
1974 - 1975                Harold Everard Wilfred Jones Roberts
1975 - 1976                James Arthur Newman
1976 - 1977                Hamish Durward Raynham
1977 - 1978                Kevin Arthur Tasker
                           + James Sidney Rankin
1978 - 1979                Robert Samuel Straight
                           + John Ridgeway Lythgoe
1979 - 1980                John Raynor Presland
1980 - 1981                Michael Maynard Prebble
                           + Charles Ashley Roper
1981 - 1982                Robert Joseph Clark
                           + John Bamford Sims
1982 - 1983                Anthony Edward Newton
                           + Leo Bernard Slattery (1st time)
1983 - 1984                John Martin Thurston
                           + Graham Charles Woodhead
1984 - 1985                Norman David Hardie
                           + Eric John Saxby
1985 - 1986                Peter Lewis Cresswell
                           + Leo Bernard Slattery (2nd time)
1986 - 1987                Peter Lewis Cresswell
                           + James Sidney Rankin
1987 - 1988                Stuart Grey
                           + Keith Martin
1988 - 1989                Graeme Ayres
                           + Malcolm McFarlane
1989 - 1990                Alister Pringle
1990 - 1991                Ross McDonald
1991 - 1992                Kerry Patterson
1992 - 1993                Roger Moffat
1993 - 1994                Grant Avery
1994 - 1995                Warren Herrick
1995 - 1996                Ron Rogers
1996 - 1997                Mike Mahon
1997 - 1998                Steve Franklin
1998 - 1999                Kevin Rigarlsford (1st time)
1999 - 2000                Johno Leitch
2000 - 2001                Dave Brice
2001 - 2002                Luke Huddleton
2002 - 2003                Doug Bell 
2003 - 2004                Dan Mathers
2004 - 2005                Kevin Rigarlsford (2nd time)
2005 - 2006                Vicki Addison (f)
2006 - 2007                Glen Powell
Oct 2007 - 2008            Grant Hill
2009 - 2010                Nathan Thomas Cross
                           + Tom Arnold
2010 - 2011                Ed Butler
2011 - Dec 2011            Troy Beaumont
Dec 2011 -                 Simon Shelton

Territorial Dispute: New Zealand Antarctic claim is recognized by Australia, France, Norway and U.K., but it is not recognized by the United Nations, U.S., Russia or by most other countries.