New Zealand joined 11 other countries in 2006 in delivering a formal diplomatic protest to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in Oslo over Norway's plans to increase its whaling activities.

[2] In the year ending in December 2008, New Zealand exported goods and services to Norway to the value of NZ$ 69.2 million.

The main exports included fishing vessels, lamb and mutton, aluminium, onions, apples and pears, yachts, and navigational instruments.

The main imports included fertilizers, trucks and vans, seats, medical equipment, fishing vessels, and agricultural machinery.

[3] Reidar Sveaas, director of P&O Maritime Ltd. and honorary consul to Auckland said in 2000 that excellent opportunities existed for New Zealand to trade with the world's second largest oil-producing country, Norway.