The Ambassador from New Zealand to China is

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

's foremost

diplomatic representative Diplomacy is the communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern Diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, and in charge of New Zealand's

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in China. The embassy is located in

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, China's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

in China since 1973. The Ambassador to China is concurrently accredited to

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to China

* Bryce Harland (1973–1976) * Richard Atkins (1976–1979) *

Harle Freeman-Greene Harle Freeman-Greene (born 26 March 1934) is a former New Zealand diplomat. He is the son of Henrietta Harle (née Giles) and Harry Freeman-Greene. He was educated at Cathedral Grammar School Christchurch, St. Andrew's College, Christchurch an ...

(1979–1982) * Francis Anthony Small (1982–1985) * Lindsay Johnstone Watt (1985–1990) *

Michael Powles Michael John Powles (born 24 July 1939) is a retired New Zealand diplomat. He served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1996 to 2001 and as President of UNICEF in 1998. Career *From 1962 to 1967 he exercised Private legal p ...

(1990–1993) * Christopher Elder (1993–1998) * Peter Adams (1998–2001) * John McKinnon (2001–2004) *

Tony Browne Tony Browne (born 1 July 1973) is an Irish former hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Waterford senior team from 1991, until he retired from inter-county hurling in 2014. Browne made his first appearance for the team during the ...

(2004–2009) * Carl Worker (2009–2015) * John McKinnon (January 2015 – 2017) * Clare Fearnley (2017–2022) * Grahame Morton (2022–present)

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Ambassadors From New Zealand To China