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.

Argentina

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Argentina

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Lima

Belgium

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.

List of heads of mission

Consuls to Belgium

Ambassadors to Belgium

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in France

Brazil

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Brazil

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Chile

Chile

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Chile

Chargés d'Affaires in Chile

Ambassadors to Chile

China, People's Republic of

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to the People's Republic of China

Egypt, Arab Republic of

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.

List of heads of mission

Resident Ambassadors to the Arab Republic of Egypt

  • Rene Wilson
  • David Strachan
  • Barney Riley
  • Greg Lewis

France

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.

List of heads of mission

Ministers in France

Ambassadors to France

Germany

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Germany

Indonesia

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.

List of heads of mission

Consuls-General to Indonesia

Chargés d'Affaires in Indonesia

Ministers in Indonesia

Ambassadors to Indonesia

Iran

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Iran

Chargés d'Affaires in Iran

  • Graeme Ammundsen

Ambassadors to Iran

Italy

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Italy

Chargés d'Affaires in Italy

Ambassadors to Italy

Japan

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.

List of heads of mission

Government Trade Representatives in Japan

Chargés d'Affaires in Japan

Minister in Japan

Ambassadors to Japan

Mexico

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.

List of heads of mission

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in the United States

Resident ambassadors

Netherlands

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.

List of heads of mission

Consuls to the Netherlands

  • J V Brennan
  • C F Shapcott
  • T A N Johnson
  • Jim Hale

Ambassadors to the Netherlands

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in France

Peru

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. The embassy closed in 1990, 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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Peru

Resident ambassadors

Philippines

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

List of heads of mission

Ministers to the Philippines

Non-resident ministers, resident in Hong Kong
Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Hong Kong

Russia

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Russia

Saudi Arabia

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Saudi Arabia

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Italy

South Korea

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to South Korea

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Japan

South Vietnam

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to South Vietnam

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Thailand

Chargés d'Affaires in South Vietnam

  • Natalie England
  • Arthur Pope
  • Paul Edmonds

Ambassadors to South Vietnam

Soviet Union

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.

List of heads of mission

Ministers to the Soviet Union

Ambassadors to the Soviet Union

Chargés d'Affaires in the Soviet Union

Ambassadors to the Soviet Union

Spain

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Spain

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in France

Thailand

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.

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Thailand

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Singapore

Chargés d'Affaires in Thailand

Ambassadors to Thailand

Timor, East

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.

List of heads of mission

Representatives in East Timor

Consuls-General in East Timor

  • Jonathan Austin
  • Susannah Gordon
  • Peter Guinness

Ambassadors to East Timor

  • Ruth Nuttall
  • Tim McIvor
  • Tony Fautua
  • Jonathon Schwass
  • Vicki Poole
  • Philip Hewitt

Turkey

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.

List of heads of mission

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Iran

Resident ambassadors

United States

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.

List of heads of mission

Ministers in the United States

Chargés d'Affaires in the United States

Ambassadors to the United States

Vietnam

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

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Vietnam

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in Beijing