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.

The Ambassador to Belgium is concurrently accredited to Luxembourg and the European Union.

The Ambassador to Egypt is concurrently accredited to Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia and is Representative to the Palestinian Authority.

The Ambassador to Germany is concurrently accredited to Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Switzerland.

The Ambassador to Italy is concurrently accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Portugal, and Slovenia.

The Ambassador to Mexico is concurrently accredited to Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Venezuela.

The Ambassador to the Netherlands is concurrently accredited to Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

The ambassador in Santiago was originally accredited to Peru, with a resident chargé d'affaires appointed to the embassy in Lima.

The Ambassador to Peru was also concurrently accredited to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.

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.

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.

The embassy was located in the Caravelle Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam's capital city.

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.

(See also Vietnam) The embassy was located in Moscow, the Soviet Union's capital city.