List of ambassadors of New Zealand

This is a list of ambassadors and high commissioners sent by New Zealand as diplomatic representatives to other countries or to international organisations.

Host country Heads of Mission to host country
from New Zealand[1]
 Afghanistan Mike Walsh
 Albania Jackie Frizelle
 Algeria Amy Laurenson
 American Samoa Si'alei van Toor
 Argentina Vacant List
 Australia Eammon O'Shaughnessy List
 Austria David Lilly
 Bahrain Barney Riley
 Bangladesh David Pine
 Barbados Vacant List
 Belarus Sarah Walsh
 Belgium Diana Reaich List
 Bolivia Linda Te Puni
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Jackie Frizelle
 Botswana Philip Hewitt
 Brazil Richard Prendergast List
 Brunei Pam Dunn
 Cambodia Jonathan Kings
 Canada Martin Harvey List
 Chile Linda Te Puni List
 China Clare Fearnley List
 Colombia Nigel Fyfe
 Cook Islands Tui Dewes
 Croatia Jackie Frizelle
 Cuba Sara Meymand
 Cyprus Jackie Frizelle
 Czech Republic Craig Hawke
 Denmark David Taylor
 Ecuador Linda Te Puni
 Egypt Amy Laurenson
 El Salvador Sara Meymand
 Eritrea
 Estonia Alana Hudson
 Eswatini Philip Hewitt
 Ethiopia
 European Union Carl Reaich
 Fiji Charlotte Darlow List
 Finland David Taylor
 France Caroline Bilkey List
 Georgia Alana Hudson
 Germany Craig Hawke List
 Ghana Michael Upton
 Greece Jackie Frizelle
 Guatemala Sara Meymand
 Guyana Vacant
 Holy See Nigel Fyfe
 Hungary David Lilly
 Iceland David Taylor
 India David Pine List
 Indonesia Kevin Burnett List
 Iran Mike Walsh List
 Ireland Trevor Mallard
 Israel Zoe Coulson-Sinclair
 Italy Jackie Frizelle List
 Jamaica Vacant
 Japan Hamish Cooper List
 Jordan Zoe Coulson-Sinclair
 Kazakhstan Sarah Walsh
 Kenya Michael Upton
 Kiribati André van der Walt List
 North Korea Philip Turner
 South Korea Philip Turner List
 Kuwait Barney Riley
 Kyrgyzstan Sarah Walsh
 Laos Jonathan Kings
 Latvia Alana Hudson
 Lebanon Amy Laurenson
 Lesotho Malcolm McGoun
 Lithuania Alana Hudson
 Luxembourg Diana Reaich
 Malaysia Pam Dunn List
 Maldives Michael Appleton
 Mali
 Malta Nigel Fyfe
 Marshall Islands Michael Ketchen
 Mauritius Emma Dunlop-Bennett
 Mexico Sara Meymand List
 Federated States of Micronesia Michael Ketchen
 Mongolia Clare Fearnley
 Morocco Nigel Fyfe
 Mozambique Emma Dunlop-Bennett
 Myanmar Peter Rider
 Namibia Emma Dunlop-Bennett
 Nauru Richard Griffith
 Nepal David Pine
 Netherlands Susannah Gordon List
 Nigeria Michael Upton
 Niue Helen Tunnah
 Norway David Taylor
 Oman Barney Riley
 Palau Michael Ketchen
 Panama Sara Meymand
 Pakistan Mike Walsh
 Papua New Guinea Phillip Taula List
 Peru Linda Te Puni
 Philippines Peter Kell List
 Poland Alana Hudson List
 Portugal Caroline Bilkey
 Qatar Matthew Hawkins
 Romania Diana Reaich
 Russia Sarah Walsh List
 Samoa Si'alei van Toor List
 Saudi Arabia Barney Riley List
 Serbia Jackie Frizelle
 Singapore Jo Tyndall List
 Slovakia David Lilly
 Slovenia David Lilly
 Solomon Islands Jonathan Schwass List
 South Africa Philip Hewitt List
 Spain Nigel Fyfe List
 Sri Lanka Michael Appleton
 Sweden David Taylor
 Switzerland Craig Hawke
 Tanzania Malcolm McGoun
 Thailand Jonathan Kings List
 Timor-Leste Philip Hewitt List
 Tonga Matthew Howell List
 Trinidad and Tobago Vacant
 Turkey Zoe Coulson-Sinclair List
 Turkmenistan Sarah Walsh
 Tuvalu Matthew Howell
 Uganda
 Ukraine Alana Hudson
 United Arab Emirates Matthew Hawkins
 United Kingdom Phil Goff List
 United States Bede Corry List
 Uruguay Vacant
 Uzbekistan Sarah Walsh
 Vanuatu Nicci Simmonds List
 Venezuela Sara Meymand
 Vietnam Tredene Dobson List
 Zambia Emma Dunlop-Bennett
 Zimbabwe

International organisations

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Organisation Representative
European Union Carl Reaich
OECD Caroline Bilkey
UNESCO Linda Te Puni
United Nations Carolyn Schwalger (New York)
Lucy Duncan (Geneva)
Brian Hewson (Vienna)
World Trade Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Clare Kelly
Food and Agriculture Organization Anthony George Simpson

Argentina

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The embassy is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Argentina since 1998. The Ambassador to Argentina is concurrently accredited to Paraguay and Uruguay.

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Ambassadors to Argentina

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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Lima
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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Santiago
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Resident ambassadors
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Belgium

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The embassy is located in Brussels, Belgium's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Belgium since 1967. The Ambassador to Belgium is concurrently accredited to Luxembourg and the European Union.

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Consuls to Belgium

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Ambassadors to Belgium

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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in France
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Resident ambassadors
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Brazil

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New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the Federative Republic of Brazil, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in Brazil.

The embassy is located in Brasília, Brazil's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Brazil since 2001.

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Ambassadors to Brazil

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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Chile
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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Argentina
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Resident ambassadors
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Chile

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The embassy is located in Santiago, Chile's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Chile since 1973. The Ambassador to Chile is concurrently accredited to Colombia and Peru. An embassy operated in the latter's capital city from 1972 to 1990.[2]

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Ambassadors to Chile

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Chargés d'Affaires in Chile

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Ambassadors to Chile

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China, People's Republic of

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The embassy is located in Beijing, PR China's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in PR China since 1973. The Ambassador to PR China is concurrently accredited to Mongolia.

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Ambassadors to the People's Republic of China

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Egypt, Arab Republic of

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The embassy is located in Cairo, Egypt's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Egypt since 2006. The Ambassador to Egypt is concurrently accredited to Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia and is Representative to the Palestinian Authority.

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Resident Ambassadors to the Arab Republic of Egypt

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France

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The embassy is located in Paris, France's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in France since 1957, and a resident head of mission since 1949. The ambassador to France is concurrently accredited to Algeria and the OECD.

The permanent delegate to UNESCO is also accredited through the embassy in Paris; the Head of Mission to UNESCO is usually the Deputy Head of the mission to France. See: List of permanent delegates from New Zealand to UNESCO.

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Ministers in France

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Ambassadors to France

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Germany

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The embassy is located in Berlin, Germany's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Germany since 1966. The Ambassador to Germany is concurrently accredited to Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Switzerland.

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Ambassadors to Germany

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Indonesia

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The embassy is located in South Jakarta, Indonesia's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Indonesia since 1968, and a resident Head of Mission since 1961.

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Consuls-General to Indonesia

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Chargés d'Affaires in Indonesia

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Ministers in Indonesia

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Ambassadors to Indonesia

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  • Bill Challis (1968–1971)
  • Basil Bolt (1971–1973)
  • Ray Jermyn (1973–1976)
  • Roger Peren (1976–1980)
  • Richard Nottage (1980–1982)
  • Michael Powles (1982–1986)
  • Gordon Parkinson (1986–1990)
  • Neil Walter (1990–1994)
  • Tim Groser (1994–1997)
  • Michael Green (1997–2001)
  • Chris Elder (2001–2006)
  • Phillip Gibson (2006–)

Iran

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The embassy is located in Tehran, Iran's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Iran since 1975. The Ambassador to Iran is concurrently accredited to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Ambassadors to Iran

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Chargés d'Affaires in Iran

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Ambassadors to Iran

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Italy

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The embassy is located in Rome, Italy's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Italy since 1966. The Ambassador to Italy is concurrently accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Portugal, and Slovenia.

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Ambassadors to Italy

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Chargés d'Affaires in Italy

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Ambassadors to Italy

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Japan

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The embassy is located in Tokyo, Japan's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Japan since 1958, and a resident Head of Mission since 1947.

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Government Trade Representatives in Japan

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Chargés d'Affaires in Japan

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Minister in Japan

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Ambassadors to Japan

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Mexico

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The embassy is located in Mexico City, Mexico's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Mexico since 1983. The Ambassador to Mexico is concurrently accredited to Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Venezuela.

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Ambassadors to Mexico

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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in the United States

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Resident ambassadors

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Netherlands

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The embassy is located in The Hague. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in the Netherlands since 1967, and a resident Head of Mission since 1950. The Ambassador to the Netherlands is concurrently accredited to Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

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Consuls to the Netherlands

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Ambassadors to the Netherlands

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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in France
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Peru

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The embassy was located in Lima, Peru's capital city. The ambassador in Santiago was originally accredited to Peru, with a resident chargé d'affaires appointed to the embassy in Lima.[6] The embassy closed in 1990,[2] with the chancery becoming occupied by the diplomatic mission of India instead. The Ambassador to Peru was also concurrently accredited to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.[7][8]

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Ambassadors to Peru

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Resident ambassadors
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Philippines

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The embassy is located in Manila, the Philippines' capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in the Philippines since 1975.[15]

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Ministers to the Philippines

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Non-resident ministers, resident in Hong Kong
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Ambassadors to the Philippines
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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Hong Kong
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Resident ambassadors
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Russia

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The New Zealand embassy is located in Moscow, Russia's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Russia since Russian independence in 1992. The Ambassador to Russia is concurrently accredited to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

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Ambassadors to Russia

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(See also List of Ambassadors from New Zealand to the Soviet Union, for a list of chief diplomatic representatives in Moscow before 1992.)

Saudi Arabia

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The embassy is located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Saudi Arabia since 1985. The Ambassador to Saudi Arabia is concurrently accredited to Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Accreditation to Egypt ceased in 2006 when New Zealand opened an embassy in Cairo.

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Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia

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South Korea

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The embassy is located in Seoul, South Korea's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in South Korea since 1976. The Ambassador to South Korea is concurrently accredited to North Korea.

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Ambassadors to South Korea

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South Vietnam

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The embassy was located in the Caravelle Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam's capital city. New Zealand first posted a resident ambassador to South Vietnam in 1968, and a resident Head of Mission in 1964.

Although in operation for only thirteen years, during its short history, the mission was one of the most important to New Zealand; from 1964 until 1972, New Zealand fought alongside South Vietnam in the Vietnam War. When North Vietnam successfully invaded South Vietnam, in 1975, the embassy was closed. Twenty years later, New Zealand opened an embassy to the unified Vietnam in Hanoi, having been represented in the intervening time by non-resident ambassadors in Beijing and Bangkok.

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Ambassadors to South Vietnam

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Chargés d'Affaires in South Vietnam

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Ambassadors to South Vietnam

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(See also Vietnam)

Soviet Union

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The embassy was located in Moscow, the Soviet Union's capital city. New Zealand first posted a resident ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1974, and a resident Head of Mission in 1944.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, at the end of 1991, the diplomatic mission and staff to the Soviet Union transformed into one to the Russian Federation.

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Ministers to the Soviet Union

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Ambassadors to the Soviet Union

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Chargés d'Affaires in the Soviet Union

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Ambassadors to the Soviet Union

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Spain

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The embassy is located in Madrid, Spain's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Spain since 1992. The Ambassador to Spain is concurrently accredited to Morocco.

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Ambassadors to Spain

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Thailand

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The embassy is located in Bangkok, Thailand's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Thailand since 1961, and a resident Head of Mission since 1958. The Ambassador to Thailand is concurrently accredited to Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar.

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Ambassadors to Thailand

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Chargés d'Affaires in Thailand

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Ambassadors to Thailand

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Timor, East

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New Zealand Ambassador to Timor-Leste His Excellency Tony Fautua and his wife sing a hymn in comfort to those suffering from the effects of the recent Christchurch earthquake

The embassy is located in Dili, East Timor's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in East Timor since 2005, and a resident Head of Mission since 2000.

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Representatives in East Timor

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  • Jonathan Austin (2000–2002)
  • James Hill (2008–2011)

Consuls-General in East Timor

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Ambassadors to East Timor

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  • Ruth Nuttall (2005–2008)
  • Tim McIvor (2008–2010)
  • Tony Fautua (2011– )
  • Jonathon Schwass
  • Vicki Poole (2015–2018)
  • Philip Hewitt (2018–)[18]

Turkey

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The embassy is located in Ankara, Turkey's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Turkey since 1993. The Ambassador to Turkey is concurrently accredited to Israel and Jordan.

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Ambassadors to Turkey

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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Iran

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Resident ambassadors

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United States

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The embassy is located in Washington, D.C., the United States' capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in the United States since 1961, and a resident Head of Mission since 1941.

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Ministers in the United States

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Chargés d'Affaires in the United States

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Ambassadors to the United States

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Vietnam

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The embassy is located in Hanoi, Vietnam's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Vietnam since 1995.

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Ambassadors to Vietnam

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Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Bangkok
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Resident ambassadors
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See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ New Zealand Representatives Overseas - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Archived 2006-03-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 28, 2006.
  2. ^ a b "Our Story".
  3. ^ "Around Peru". Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times. No. 32. 1972. J.G. McArthur of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been named New Zealand's first Ambassador to Chile and Peru, with residence in Chile.
  4. ^ "Peters names new Ambassador to Japan" Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "McCully names new Ambassador to Japan".
  6. ^ Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives of the Parliament of New Zealand. 1975. pp. 1863–1864.
  7. ^ a b Brito Ruiz, Fernando (1990). Memorias del IV Encuentro Internacional sobre la Cuenca del Pacífico (in Spanish). Colombia: Escuela Superior de Administración Pública. p. 209. ISBN 9789589079003. [...] se ha solicitado por medio del Embajador de Nueva Zelanda en Lima y concurrente en Colombia [...]
  8. ^ a b Lambert, Max (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 (12th ed.). Auckland: Octopus. p. 546. ISBN 9780790001302.
  9. ^ "Ganadería a 4,000 Metros". Hispano Americano (2031–2043). 1981. Tales afirmaciones fueron hechas por el embajador de Nueva Zelanda en el Perú, Charles John Mabyn Ross.
  10. ^ "Carol Irons Plans June Bridal". New York Times. 31 March 1982. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Irons of Oyster Bay, L. I., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Carol Louise Irons, to Christopher Jonathan Ross, son of Charles John Mabyn Ross, New Zealand Ambassador to Peru, and Mrs. Ross of Wellington, New Zealand, and Lima.
  11. ^ Coronado Vigil, Luis (1997). Desarrollemos la agricultura en el Perú: con el agua de los ríos de la costa que se pierde en el mar (in Spanish). Luis Coronado Vigil. p. 92. [...] y que sobre el particular el Embajador de Nueva Zelanda, señor Paul Bennet [sic] había entregado al Gobierno del Perú el Proyecto del Gobierno de Nueva Zelanda, calificado como una empresa de gran resonancia nacional.
  12. ^ Oiga (in Spanish). Oiga. 1989. p. 26. Entre los expositores extranjeros figuran el Embajador de Nueva Zelanda, Barry H. Brooks; [...]
  13. ^ Gerencia (in Spanish). Vol. 20. Instituto Peruano de Administración de Empresas. 1989. p. 10. [...] trató la exposición del embajador de Nueva Zelanda Bruce Middleton, licenciado en derecho y economía, quien abordó el tema "Nuevos flujos comerciales".
  14. ^ Cronología de las relaciones internacionales del Perú: Tomo 4, Ediciones 1-3 (in Spanish). Centro Peruano de Estudios Internacionales. 1991. p. 10. 18 de Setiembre [1990]: El Presidente del Perú, Alberto Fujimori, recibió las cartas credenciales del Embajador de Nueva Zelanda, Bruce Middlegton. (El Peruano - ANDINA / El Comercio / La República)
  15. ^ New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions: the Philippines. New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 29 March 2008.
  16. ^ McCully, Murray (19 July 2013). "McCully appoints Ambassador to Saudi Arabia". beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  17. ^ "New Ambassador to Saudi Arabia named". New Zealand Government. 17 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Announcement of new Ambassador to Timor Leste". The Beehive. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2022.