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New Zealand Antarctic Territory (Ross Dependency)
 
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                         Adopted 30 Jul 1923
   
Map of New Zealand
Antarctic Claim
Hear National Anthem
"God Defend New Zealand"
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 "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.







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