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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

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.

• Peter Bennett (1987–1988)
• Barry Brooks (1988–1990)

• Paul Tipping (1990–1992)
• Frank Wilson (1992–1996)
• David McKee (1996–1998)

• Caroline Forsyth (1998–2001)
• Carl Worker (2001–2005)
• Lucy Duncan (2005–present)

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.

• Ken Piddington (1963–1964)
• Ted Farnon (1964–1965)

• Dick Hutchens (1965–1967)

• Merwyn Norrish (1967–1973)
• Ian Stewart (1973–1977)
• Graham Ansell (1977–1981)
• John G. McArthur (1981–1983)
• Terence O'Brien (1983–1986)
• Gerry Thompson (1986–1990)
• David Gamble (1990–1994)
• Derek Leask (1994–1999)
• Dell Higgie (1999–2003)
• Wade Armstrong (2003–2007)
• Peter Kennedy (2007–2012)
• Vangelis Vitalis (2012)
• Paula Wilson (2012-2016)
• Greg Andrews (2016–present)

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.

• David Holborow (1978–1981)
• Ian Landon-Lane (1981–1985)
• Barry Brooks (1985–1988)
• Paul Tipping (1988–1992)
• Frank Wilson (1992–1996)
• David McGee (1996–1998)

• Caroline Forsyth (1998–2001)

• Denise Almao (2001–2006)
• Alison Mann (2006– )

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]

• John G. McArthur (1973–1975)^[3]
• Ken Cunningham (1975–1976)

• David Holborow (1976–1978)

[1]

• Michael Patel (1978–1981)
• Ian Landon-Lane (1981–1985)
• Barry Brooks (1985–1988)
• Paul Tipping (1988–1992)
• Frank Wilson (1992–1996)
• David McKee (1996–2000)
• Richard Mann (2000–2005)
• Nigel Fyfe (2005–)
• Rosemary Paterson in April 2012; start and end dates unknown

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.

• Bryce Harland (1973–1976)
• Dick Atkins (1976–1979)
• Harle Freeman-Greene (1979–1982)
• Tony Small (1982–1985)
• Lindsay Watt (1985–1990)
• Michael Powles (1990–1993)
• Chris Elder (1993–1998)
• Peter Adams (1998–2001)
• John McKinnon (2001–2004)
• Tony Browne (2004–2009)
• Carl Worker (2009–2015)
• John McKinnon (January 2015–present)

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.

• Rene Wilson (2006–2011)
• David Strachan (2011–2014)
• Barney Riley (2014–2018)
• Greg Lewis (2019 –)

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.

• Jean McKenzie (1949–1956)
• Joseph Vivian Wilson (1956–1957)

• Joseph Vivian Wilson (1957–1960)
• C.E. Beeby (1960–1964)
• Charles Craw (1964–1965)
• Dick Hutchens (1965–1969)
• Paul Gabites (1969–1975)
• John G. McArthur (1975–1979)
• John Scott (1979–1983)
• John G. McArthur (1983–1988)
• Judith Trotter (1988–1992)
• Chris Beeby (1992–1995)
• Richard Woods (1995–1999)
• Richard Grant (1999–2002)
• Adrian Macey (2002–2006)
• Sarah Dennis (2006–)

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.

• Reuel Lochore (1966–1969)
• Doug Zohrab (1969–1975)
• Hunter Wade (1975–1978)
• Basil Bolt (1978–1982)
• Jack Shepherd (1982–1985)
• Ted Farnon (1985–1990)
• Richard Grant (1990–1994)
• Gerry Thompson (1994–1998)
• Win Cochrane (1998–2003)
• Peter Hamilton (2003– )

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.

• Duncan McFadyen Rae (1961–1963)

• Duncan McFadyen Rae (1963)
• Paul Edmonds (1963–1964)

• Reuel Lochore (1964–1966)

• 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–)

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.

• Bruce Brown (1975–1978)
• Chris Beeby (1978–1980)

• Graeme Ammundsen (1980–1982)

• Don Harper (1982–1984)
• Richard Woods (1984–1987)
• John Wood (1987–1990)
• Laurie Markes (1990–1993)
• John Hayes (1993–1995)
• Daniel Richards (1995–1998)
• Warwick Hawker (1998–2002)
• Niels Holm (2002–2005)
• Hamish MacMaster (2005–2008)
• Eamonn O'Shaughnessy
• Hamish MacMaster
• Mike Walsh (2021– )

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.

• Alister McIntosh (1966–1970)
• Ian Stewart (1970–1972)

• Dick Atkins (1972–1973)

• Phil Holloway (1973–1976)
• Eric Halstead (1976–1980)
• Jim Weir (1980–1983)
• Gordon Parkinson (1983–1986)
• Tony Small (1986–1990)
• Peter Bennett (1990–1994)
• Judith Trotter (1994–1998)
• Peter Bennett (1998–2003)
• Julie MacKenzie (2003– )
• Trevor Matheson
• Anthony Simpson (2019–)

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.

• Bill Challis (1947–1952)

• Bill Challis (1952–1956)

• John Reid (1956–1958)

• John Reid (1958–1961)
• E B E Taylor (1961–1965)
• John Scott (1965–1969)
• Hunter Wade (1969–1972)
• Tom Larkin (1972–1976)
• Rod Miller (1976–1983)
• Graham Ansell (1983–1984)
• Roger Peren (1984–1987)
• Richard Nottage (1987–1988)
• Rod Gates (1988–1992)
• David McDowell (1992–1994)
• Maarten Wevers (1994–1998)
• Neil Walter (1998–1999)
• Phillip Gibson (1999–2005)
• John A. McArthur (2005–2007)
• Ian Kennedy (2007–2012)^[4]
• Mark Sinclair (July 2012– )^[5]

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.

• Lloyd White (1974–1978)
• Merwyn Norrish (1978–1980)
• Frank Gill (1980–1982)
• Lance Adams-Schneider (1982–1983)

• Peter Fairfax (1983–1986)
• Rodney Denham (1986–1990)
• Bruce Middleton (1990–1993)
• Laurie Markes (1993–1997)
• Bronwen Chang (1997–2001)
• Paul Tipping (2001–2004)
• George Troup (2004–)

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.

• J V Brennan (1950–1952)
• C F Shapcott (1952–1957)
• T A N Johnson (1957–1961)
• Jim Hale (1961–1965)

• Dick Hutchens (1965–1967)

• Rex Cunninghame (1967–1972)
• Vince Roberts (1972–1977)
• Gray Thorp (1977–1982)
• Basil Bolt (1982–1988)
• Ken Cunningham (1988–1991)
• Graeme Ammundsen (1991–1995)
• Hilary Willberg (1995–1998)
• Chris Butler (1998–2002)
• David Payton (2002–2006)
• Rachel Fry (2006–2010)
• George Troup (2010–2014)
• Janet Lowe (2014–2017)
• Lyndal Walker (2017– 2021)
• Susannah Gordon (2021– Present)

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]

• Charles John Mabyn Ross^[9][10] (1980–1983; retired 1984)^[8]
• Peter Bennett (1987–1988)^[11]
• Barry H. Brooks (1988–1990)^[12]
• Bruce Middleton (1990)^[7][13][14]

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

• Bill Challis (1966–1968)
• Gray Thorp (1968–1971)

• Richard Taylor (1971–1975)

• Mac Chapman (1975–1978)
• Barbara Angus (1978–1981)
• David Holborow (1981–1984)
• Paul Cotton (1984–1988)
• Alison Stokes (1988–1992)
• Harle Freeman-Greene (1992–1995)
• Colin Bell (1995–1998)
• Graeme Waters (1998–2001)
• Terry Baker (2001–2004 )
• Rob Moore-Jones (2004–2006)
• David Pine (2006–2008)
• Andrew Matheson (2008–2012)
• Reuben Levermore (2012–2014)
• David Strachan (2014–present)

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.

• Gerald McGhie (1992–1993)
• Richard Woods (1993–1996)
• John Larkindale (1996–1999)
• Geoff Ward (1999–2003)
• Stuart Prior (2003–2006)
• Christopher Elder (2006–2009)
• Ian Hill (2009–)

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

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.

• Eric Halstead (1977–1980)
• Jim Weir (1980–1983)
• Gordon Parkinson (1983–1985)

• Ken Cunningham (1985–1987)
• Win Cochrane (1987–1992)
• Gordon Parkinson (1992–1995)
• Graeme Ammundsen (1995–1996)
• David Payton (1997–2000)
• Laurie Markes (2000–2003)
• Jim Howell (2003–2007)
• Trevor Matheson (May 2007 – 2010)
• Rod Harris (2010–2013)
• Hamish MacMaster (2013–2017)^[16]
• James Munro (2017 – 2020)^[17]
• Barney Riley (ambassador) (2021 - )

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.

• E B E Taylor (1962–1965)
• John Scott (1965–1969)
• Hunter Wade (1969–1972)
• Tom Larkin (1972–1976)

• Ted Farnon (1976–1980)
• David Holborow (1980–1984)
• Chris Butler (1984–1990)
• Peter Kennedy (1990–1993)
• Gerald McGhie (1993–1999)
• Roy Ferguson (1999–2002)
• David Taylor (2002–2006)
• Jane Coombs (2006–)

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.

• Sir Stephen Weir (1962–1967)

• Natalie England (1964)
• Arthur Pope (1964–1967)
• Paul Edmonds (1967–1968)

• Paul Edmonds (1968–1972)
• Sir Leonard Thornton (1972–1974)
• Norm Farrell (1974–1975)

(See also Vietnam)

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.

• Charles Boswell (1944–1950)

• Brian Lendrum (1974–1977)
• Jim Weir (1977–1980)

• Gerald McGhie (1980–1981)
• Frank Wilson (1981–1984)

• Alison Stokes (1984–1988)
• John G. McArthur (1988–1990)
• Gerald McGhie (1990–1991)

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.

• John G. McArthur (1977–1979)
• John Scott (1979–1984)
• John G. McArthur (1984–1987)

• Tony Small (1987–1990)
• Peter Bennett (1990–1992)

• Paul Tipping (1992–1996)
• Wilbur Dovey (1996–2000)
• Christine Bogle (2000–2005)
• Geoff Ward (2005–)

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.

• Foss Shanahan (1956–1958)

• Charles Craw (1958–1961)

• Sir Stephen Weir (1961–1968)
• Ian Stewart (1968–1970)
• Eric Halstead (1970–1973)
• Paul Edmonds (1973–1975)
• Richard Taylor (1975–1981)
• Ray Jermyn (1981–1985)
• Bruce Brown (1985–1988)
• Harle Freeman-Greene (1988–1992)
• Phillip Gibson (1992–1996)
• Adrian Macey (1996–2000)
• Alan Williams (2000–2003)
• Peter Rider (2003–2006)
• Brook Barrington (2006– )

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.

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

• Jonathan Austin (2002)
• Susannah Gordon (2002–2004)
• Peter Guinness (2004–2005)

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

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.

• John Wood (1989–1990)
• Laurie Markes (1990–1993)

• Clive Pearson (1993–1996)
• Ian Kennedy (1996–1999)
• Alan Cook (1999–2003)
• Jan Henderson (2003–2006)
• Hamish Cooper (2006–2009)
• Andrea J. Smith (2009–2012)
• Taha MacPherson (2012–2015)
• Jonathan Curr (2015–2018)
• Wendy Hinton (2018– )

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.

• Sir Walter Nash (1941–1944)
• Sir Carl Berendsen (1944–1952)
• Sir Leslie Munro (1952–1958)

• Lloyd White (1958–1961)

• George Laking (1961–1967)
• Frank Corner (1967–1972)
• Lloyd White (1972–1978)
• Merwyn Norrish (1978–1980)
• Frank Gill (1980–1982)
• Lancelot Adams-Schneider (1982–1985)
• Sir Wallace Rowling (1985–1988)
• Tim Francis (1988–1991)
• Denis McLean (1991–1994)
• John Wood (1994–1998)
• Jim Bolger (1998–2002)
• John Wood (2002–2006)
• Roy Ferguson (2006–2010)
• Mike Moore (2010–2015)
• Carl Worker Chargé d'Affaires a.i., (June 2015 – December 2015)
• Tim Groser (2016–2018)
• Rosemary Banks (2019-2022)
• Bede Corry (2022- )

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

• Bryce Harland (1975–1976)
• Dick Atkins (1976–1979)

• Richard Taylor (1979–1981)
• Ray Jermyn (1981–1986)
• Bruce Brown (1986–1988)
• Harle Freeman-Greene (1988–1992)
• Phillip Gibson (1992–1995)

• David Kersey (1995–1998)
• Yan Flint (1998–2000)
• Malcolm McGoun (2000–2004)
• Michael Chilton (2004–2006)
• James Kember (2006–?)
• Haike Manning (2012–2016)
• Wendy Matthews (2016–2020)
• Treden Dobson (2020– )

• Foreign relations of New Zealand
• List of diplomatic missions of New Zealand
• List of New Zealand diplomatic posts
• List of ambassadors and high commissioners to New Zealand

• New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.