Denmark is represented in New Zealand through its embassy in Canberra (Australia), a trade commission in Sydney, and honorary consulates in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

[3] Both countries are full members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and in certain contexts ally themselves with the United States.

[4] There is a small Danish community in New Zealand, descended from a group of early settlers who came to clear thick North Island bush, in the middle years of the 19th century, and stayed to found settlements including Dannevirke and Norsewood.

Other Danes came to the Seventy Mile Bush area in 1872 and founded the town which retains the Danish name of Dannevirke, commemorating the Danevirke in Slesvig.

[2] In 2024 Karen Pullar, who was appointed Honorary Consul General - Wellington in 2015, was made a knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in recognition of her service in the interests of Denmark.