Michael Walsh (born Nuku'alofa, Tonga 1963) is a New Zealand diplomat.
[1] Walsh also serves concurrently as the Ambassador of New Zealand to the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau.
[1] A career diplomat, Walsh previously served as the Deputy High Commissioner in Pretoria, South Africa; the Deputy Head of Mission in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and the Second Secretary at the Embassy of New Zealand in Apia, Samoa.
[1] Walsh held the position of Deputy Director of the Pacific Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade at the time of his appointment as High Commissioner to Kiribati in 2011.
[1] Walsh's appointment as High Commissioner to Kiribati was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully.