| Maj EMT Boddam | Staff Officer Artillery & Engineers: Dept of Colonial Defence | 1885 - 1887 |
| Maj AP Douglas | Staff Officer Artillery & Inspector of Ordnance Stores & Equipment | 1887 - 1888 |
| Lt Col EMT Boddam | Staff Officer Artillery | 1888 – 1902 |
| Maj StLM Moore | Commander NZ Permanent Force & Staff Officer Artillery | 1902 - 1904 |
| Maj GN Johnston | Staff Officer Artillery & Director of Artillery | 1904 – 1907 |
| Capt GS Richardson | Acting Director of Artillery | 1907 – 1908 |
| Lt Col HF Head | Director of Ordnance & Commander RNZA | 1908 – 1911 |
| Lt Col GN Johnston | Director of Artillery & Ordnance; | 1911 – 1915 |
| | & Inspector of Artillery | 1914 – 1915 |
| Lt Col JE Hume | Director of Garrison Artillery, Inspector of Artillery, & Commander RNZA | 1914 - 1916 |
| Maj AF Roberts | Director of Field Artillery & Inspector of Field Artillery | 1914 - 1918 |
| Lt Col MM Gardiner, DSO | Director of Field Artillery | Jan - May 1919 |
| LT Col IT Standish | Director of Artillery & Commander RNZA | from May – Aug 1919 |
| Lt Col MM Gardiner, DSO | Director of Artillery & Commander RNZA | 1919 – 1925 |
| Lt Col F Symon, CMG, DSO | Director of Artillery & Commander RNZA | 1925 – 1936 |
| Lt Col RS Park | Commander RNZA | 1936 – 1937 |
| Lt Col GB Parkinson | Commander RNZA | 1937 – 1939 |
| Col AB Williams, DSO | Commander RNZA | 1939 – 1941 |
| Lt Col HG Wilding, DSO | Commander RNZA | May – Aug 1941 |
| Lt Col JP Joyce, DCM | Senior Staff Officer Artillery | 1941 – 1947 |
| Lt Col HE Gilbert, DSO, OBE | Director RNZA (DRNZA) | 1947 – 1948 |
| Lt Col GP Cade, DSO | DRNZA | 1948 – 1954 |
| Lt Col J Burns, DSO, MBE | DRNZA | 1954 – 1959 |
| Lt Col JA Pountney, MBE | DRNZA | 1959 – 1962 |
| Lt Col RJ Moor, MBE, ED | DRNZA | Mar – Sep 1962 |
| Lt Col JF Spring, MBE | Director RNZA & Director Army Air Corps (Director AAC) | 1962 - 1966 |
| Lt Col LW Wright, MBE | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1966 – 1967 |
| Lt Col HB Honnor, MVO | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1967 – 1969 |
| Maj RJ Pearce, MBE | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1969 – 1971 |
| Lt Col DR Kenning, MBE | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1971 – 1975 |
| Lt Col JM Masters, MC | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1975 - 1978 |
| Lt Col RJ Andrews | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1978 – 1981 |
| Lt Col GD Birch, MBE | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1981 – 1983 |
| Lt Col MA Harvey | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1983 – 1985 |
| Lt Col DG Lough | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1985 – 1987 |
| Lt Col AT McLeod | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1987 – 1989 |
| Lt Col MJR Pearce | DRNZA & Director AAC | 1989 - 1990 |
Compiled by Graham Birch, Dec 2003
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