This is alist of diplomatic missions of New Zealand.New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (NZMFAT) is responsible for nearly fifty embassies and consulates globally. The country is particularly active in theSouth Pacific, as well as inAsia andSouth America where it is expanding its commercial reach.

As New Zealand is a member of theCommonwealth of Nations, itsdiplomatic missions in the capitals of fellow member-states are calledHigh Commissions, as opposed to embassies.

This listing excludes honorary consulates and trade offices, except for theNew Zealand Commerce and Industry Office inTaipei, which serves as ade facto embassy toTaiwan.

New Zealand independence was a gradual process, and the establishment of an independent New Zealand diplomatic service was similarly gradual. At first, New Zealand's foreign affairs were handled by theUnited Kingdom, and the only diplomacy conducted by the colonial government in New Zealand were negotiations with the British authorities. Relations between New Zealand and Britain were handled by an Agent-General inLondon, with the first being appointed in 1871. The title was changed to High Commissioner in 1905, reflecting the increasing autonomy of New Zealand.

It was not untilWorld War II, however, that New Zealand sent permanent diplomatic missions to other countries. To facilitate co-ordination of the war effort New Zealand established several posts in countries with which it was allied—the first was alegation in theUnited States in 1941. In 1942 and 1943, high commissions were opened inOttawa andCanberra respectively, and in 1944, a legation was established in theSoviet Union. The latter was considered a striking departure from New Zealand's previous diplomatic activities—enthusiasm for the post was strongest in the governingLabour Party, and the oppositionNational Party later made its closure one of their campaign policies.

The opening of these posts prompted New Zealand to establish its own foreign ministry, the Department of External Affairs. Created by theExternal Affairs Act in June 1943, the new department incorporated an older office of the same name (dealing with island territories) and those sections of the Prime Minister's office which had previously co-ordinated diplomacy.

In 1947, a resident trade representative was appointed inJapan, followed by the establishment of legations inParis (1949) andThe Hague (1950). By the late 1950s, these three posts, along with Washington, had been upgraded to embassies. However, the Moscow post was closed in 1950 by the new National Party government. From 1955 to 1961, a string of new missions opened in Asia —Singapore,India,Thailand,Malaysia,Hong Kong, andIndonesia. WhenSamoa obtained its independence from New Zealand in 1962, it became the first Pacific Island state to host a New Zealand diplomatic post.

The mid-1960s saw a cluster of new posts opening in Europe, with new missions inBelgium,Greece,Germany andItaly. A post was also opened inSouth Vietnam due to the ongoing conflict there, although this did not last beyond the end of theVietnam War. A post was established in theCook Islands after they obtained self-government from New Zealand, becoming New Zealand's second mission in the south Pacific.

The 1970s and 1980s were a time of continued expansion for NZMFAT. In 1973, the Labour government ofNorman Kirk reopened its embassy in theSoviet Union and opened an embassy in thePeople's Republic of China. However it was in the Pacific where New Zealand's representation rapidly expanded as several countries gained independence, includingFiji,Papua New Guinea, theSolomon Islands,Kiribati,Niue,Tonga, andVanuatu. Frequently New Zealand was the first country to establish a mission in these states. New Zealand also expanded into the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere in Asia.

The early 1990s were a time of substantial reorganisation of New Zealand's diplomatic missions, and saw a number of closures. A substantial redistribution of New Zealand's European resources took place—posts in Greece and Austria were closed, while a new post was established inSpain. New Zealand's post in Iraq was closed due to theGulf War, and the post in Bahrain was shut shortly afterwards—the post in Saudi Arabia assumed most of its duties, aided by a new post inTurkey. The end ofapartheid in resulted in a decision to move New Zealand's post in Zimbabwe toSouth Africa. In South America New Zealand's embassy in Peru was also closed, but missions were opened in Brazil and Argentina.

In April 2008 it was announced that the budget for NZMFAT would be dramatically increased, and would include the opening of new missions inStockholm andBrisbane.^[1]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year Opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy	2006	Countries: Algeria Lebanon Libya Palestine Tunisia	[2][3][4]
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	2013	Countries: Djibouti Ghana Kenya Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Uganda International Organizations: African Union[a]	[2][3]
South Africa	Pretoria	High Commission	1996	Countries: Angola Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe	[2][3]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year Opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	1998	Countries: Paraguay Uruguay	[2][5][6]
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy	2001		[2][5][7]
	São Paulo	Consulate-General	2022		[2][5][7]
Canada	Ottawa	High Commission	1942		[2][5][8]
	Vancouver	Consulate-General	2022		[2][5][8]
Chile	Santiago de Chile	Embassy	1972	Countries: Bolivia Peru	[2][5]
Colombia	Bogotá	Embassy	2018	Countries: Ecuador Dominican Republic Panama	[2][5]
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	1983	Countries: Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Guatemala Nicaragua Venezuela	[2][5]
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	1941		[2][5][9]
	Honolulu	Consulate-General	2014	Countries: Marshall Islands Micronesia Palau	[2][5][9][10]
	Los Angeles	Consulate-General	1935		[2][5][9]
	New York City	Consulate-General	1947		[9]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year Opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
China	Beijing	Embassy	1973	Countries: Mongolia	[2][11][5][12]
	Guangzhou	Consulate-General	2013		[12]
	Hong Kong	Consulate-General	1960		[2][11]
	Shanghai	Consulate-General	1992		[12]
India	New Delhi	High Commission	1957[b]	Countries:   Nepal	[2][11][13]
	Mumbai	Consulate-General	2019		[13]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	1961		[2][11][14][15]
Iran	Tehran	Embassy	1974	Countries: Afghanistan	[2][4]
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy	1947		[2][11]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	High Commission	1959	Countries: Brunei	[2][11]
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy	2013		[2][11]
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	1975		[2][11]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy	1985	Countries: Bahrain Kuwait Oman Yemen	[2][4]
Singapore	Singapore	High Commission	1955		[2][11]
South Korea	Seoul	Embassy	1971	Countries: North Korea	[2][11]
Sri Lanka	Colombo	High Commission	2022	Countries: Bangladesh Maldives Pakistan	[2][11][16]
Taiwan	Taipei	Commerce & Industry Office	1989		[17]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	1956	Countries: Cambodia Laos	[2][11]
Timor-Leste	Dili	Embassy	2000		[2][11]
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy	1993	Countries: Azerbaijan Israel Jordan	[2][4]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy	2011	Countries: Iraq Qatar	[2][4]
	Dubai	Consulate-General	2007		[2][4]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	1995		[2][11][18]
	Ho Chi Minh City	Consulate-General	1995		[18][19]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year Opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	1973	Countries: Hungary Slovenia Slovakia International Organizations: United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency UNODC	[2][20][21]
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	1967	Countries: Bulgaria Luxembourg Moldova Romania	[2][15][20][22]
France	Paris	Embassy	1949	Countries: Monaco Portugal Senegal International Organizations: OECD UNESCO	[2][20][23]
	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Consulate-General	1972		[2][10]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy	1966	Countries: Czechia Liechtenstein  Switzerland	[2][20][24]
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy	2018		[2][20]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	1966	Countries: Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Greece Montenegro North Macedonia San Marino Serbia	[2][20][25]
	Milan	Consulate-General			[25]
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	1950	International Organizations: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons	[2][20][26]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy	2004	Countries: Estonia Georgia Latvia Lithuania Ukraine	[2][20]
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	1944[c]	Countries: Armenia Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan	[2][20]
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	1991	Countries: Andorra Holy See Malta Morocco	[2][20]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	2008[d]	Countries: Denmark Finland Iceland Norway	[2][20]
Switzerland	Geneva	Consulate-General	1961		[24][27]
United Kingdom	London	High Commission	1871	International Organizations: Commonwealth of Nations	[2][20][28]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year Opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	High Commission	1943		[2][10][29]
	Melbourne	Consulate-General	1905		[29]
	Sydney	Consulate-General	1905		[29]
Fiji	Suva	High Commission	1970		[2][10]
Cook Islands	Avarua	High Commission	1965		[2][10]
Kiribati	Tarawa	High Commission	1989		[2][10]
Niue	Alofi	High Commission	1974		[2][10]
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	High Commission	1974		[2][10]
Samoa	Apia	High Commission	1962		[2][10]
Solomon Islands	Honiara	High Commission	1978		[2][10]
Tonga	Nukuʻalofa	High Commission	1977		[2][10]
Vanuatu	Port Vila	High Commission	1987		[2][10]

Organization	Host City	Host country	Mission	Year Opened	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations	Jakarta	Indonesia	Mission	2015		[2][11][14][15]
European Union	Brussels	Belgium	Permanent Mission	1967	International Organizations: NATO	[15][22]
United Nations	New York City	United States	Permanent Mission	1955		[15]
	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	1961	International Organizations: Conference on Disarmament	[15]
World Trade Organization	Geneva	Switzerland	Permanent Mission	1961		[15]

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  High Commission in Avarua
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  Building hosting the embassy in Berlin
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  High Commission in Canberra
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  Embassy in Dublin
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  Permanent mission and consulate-general in Geneva
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  High Commission in London
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  Embassy in Madrid
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  Building hosting the embassy in Manila
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  Building hosting the embassy in Mexico City
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  Embassy in Moscow
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  High Commission in New Delhi
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  High Commission in Nukuʻalofa
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  Building hosting the High Commission in Ottawa
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  Embassy in Paris
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  Building hosting the embassy in Santiago
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  Embassy in Stockholm
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  Embassy in Tokyo
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  Embassy in Vienna
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  Building hosting the embassy in Warsaw
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  Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Zimbabwe	Harare	Embassy	1998	[30]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Peru	Lima	Embassy	1990	[30]
Canada	Toronto	Consulate-General	1982	[30]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Afghanistan	Kabul	Embassy	2014	[30]
Bahrain	Manama	Embassy	1991	[30]
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy	2020	[30][31]
Japan	Osaka	Consulate-General	1999	[30]
South Vietnam	Saigon	Embassy	1975	[30]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Greece	Athens	Embassy	1991	[30]

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Australia	Adelaide	Consulate-General	1990	[30]
	Brisbane	Consulate-General	2010	[30]
	Perth	Consulate-General	1990	[30]

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