New Zealand High Commission Australia in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Consulate & Embassy

New Zealand High Commission Australia

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6270 4211

Address: 140 Commonwealth Avenue 2600 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: www.mfat.govt.nz/Australia

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25.01.2022 We took a moment to reflect on Remembrance (Armistice) Day today across Australia. Our NZ Defence Force team visited the Australian War Memorial to lay a wreath, our High Commission staff laid a wreath at the Chancery and our Melbourne Consul-General Vanessa O’Neill paid her respects at the Shrine Of Remembrance, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. Photo credit: AWM

23.01.2022 Ngunnawal elder Auntie Violet, the Wiradjuri Echoes and Mori elders Isaac and Trish Cotter welcome New Zealand Governor-General HE The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy and HE Sir David Gascoigne to Government House in Canberra, alongside Australian Governor-General HE General Hon David Hurley and Mrs Linda Hurley.

23.01.2022 New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Chief Executive & Secretary Chris Seed showing his support for the High Commission’s cricket team, the Overarmers. We take on the Aussie Press Gallery in an #LMSCBR match tomorrow (Sunday). As you can see, Chris would prefer to be playing than modelling the uniform! #AUSvNZ. The match will be live-streamed from 10am AUS time here: https://www.lastmanstands.tv/

20.01.2022 Our cricket team, the Overarmers, have a new #1 fan from across the ditch, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Thanks for the support PM, we’ll definitely need it! But, we’re quietly confident we can win best dressed for our #LMSCBR match v Press Gallery tomorrow (Sunday) to mark #40yearson. The match will be live-streamed from 10am AUS time here: https://www.lastmanstands.tv/

20.01.2022 Today is your last chance to catch the Paradise Lost exhibition at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. The exhibition tells the story of Swedish Botanist Daniel Solander and his encounters with the Pacific. The exhibition features ten New Zealand artists as selected by the Solander Gallery in Wellington. High Commissioner Dame Annette King recently had the opportunity to view the exhibition alongside the Embassy of Sweden in Canberra Ambassador HE Henrik Cederin.

20.01.2022 In the past decade the number of te reo Mori speakers in New Zealand has been steadily increasing and the government has set the goal of having one million New Zealanders able to speak basic te reo Mori by 2040 . Kia kaha Aotearoa ! #NZStoryteller #reomori The story: http://bit.ly/TeReoMaoriNZ

20.01.2022 We filmed this a little earlier in the NRL - National Rugby League season, but after the Vodafone Warriors gutsy win over the Manly Sea Eagles last Friday and facing ladder leaders the Penrith Panthers tomorrow, now seems the appropriate time for some extra words of support and encouragement from New Zealand High Commissioner Dame Annette King. Thanks to the Warriors for all you’re doing in Australia!

19.01.2022 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian counterpart Scott Morrison (ScoMo) have met in Queenstown for the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting. The discussion points included #COVID19 response & recovery. Full statement here: https://www.beehive.govt.nz//joint-statement-prime-ministe

17.01.2022 High Commissioner Dame Annette King and Cowra Mayor Bill West were among those who took part in a moving Peace Bell Ceremony at the Cowra Peace Bell in New South Wales to remember the Christchurch attack on 15 March, 2019.

16.01.2022 New Zealand’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta MP - Hauraki-Waikato has been sworn in. She is the first woman in this position and one of a record number of Mori MPs in Cabinet. Minister Mahuta is of Waikato-Tainui, Ngti Maniapoto and Ngti Hine descent. Links to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ministers and Associate Ministers is here: https://www.mfat.govt.nz//about-/our-people/our-ministers/ Minister Mahuta is pictured with Mayor of Rotorua Steve Chadwick at the National Kapa Haka (Mori performing arts) Festival in Canberra in March.

15.01.2022 If you’re a Kiwi currently overseas, chances are you can still vote in the General Election and referendums. Enrol to vote, or update your details using your NZ driver licence or passport at vote.nz. You can vote from overseas from Wednesday 30 September until 7pm, Saturday 17 October (NZ time). More info at https://vote.nz//enrol-and-vote-from-o/vote-from-overseas/

14.01.2022 High Commissioner Dame Annette King has acknowledged Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews MP as Australians and Kiwis in Australia celebrate National Science Week. The strength and value of science collaborations between our two countries is highlighted by the 2017 Australia - New Zealand Science, Research and Innovation Cooperation Agreement. More info on National Science Week is available at scienceweek.net.au

13.01.2022 We look forward to partnering with Cowra Council and the entire community for the Cowra Festival of International Understanding. At the tree planting ceremony during the launch of the 2021 Festival, High Commissioner Dame Annette King said "We have been surrounded by interesting people, good conversation, wonderful food and a welcome we will remember for a long time."

13.01.2022 Our New Zealand High Commission team acknowledged Remembrance or Armistice Day today with a wreath laying ceremony at the chancery, organised by our NZ Defence Force colleagues. Our Defence Adviser Captain Shaun Fogarty shared his reflections on the significance of the day.

13.01.2022 HE The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy Governor-General of New Zealand and HE Sir David Gascoigne arrived in Canberra today for a State Visit and were met by Governor-General of Australia HE General Hon David Hurley and Mrs Linda Hurley, along with Senator Zed Seselja and High Commissioner Dame Annette King.

13.01.2022 High Commissioner Dame Annette King and NZ Defence Force Adviser Captain Shaun Fogarty had the opportunity, along with other Pacific Heads Of Mission, to discuss Australia’s role in the Pacific at a recent Joint Standing Committee meeting on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. New Zealand and Australia continue to work closely together in the region as part of our respective Pacific Reset and Pacific Step-up strategies.

12.01.2022 Makes the ‘Pavington’ seem almost mainstream https://www.broadsheet.com.au//atticas-new-dessert-pavingt

12.01.2022 Kia ora ! Te reo Mori is the indigenuous language of Aotearoa New Zealand . Quiz yourself to see if you know some common te reo Mori words . #NZstoryteller #reomori The story: http://bit.ly/TeReoMaoriNZ

12.01.2022 The Tri Nations are heating up! The All Blacks are taking on Argentina at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney this Saturday at 5.10pm. Come see the haka live! Tickets are available here: https://bit.ly/TriNationsR3 To celebrate another All Blacks match in Australia, Rugby Australia are offering our Facebook followers the chance to score a complimentary double pass to the New Zealand v Argentina match in Sydney. For your chance to win the tickets simply tells us in the comments section below who is your favourite current All Blacks player and why? The best answer as judged by us will receive the double pass.

10.01.2022 We look forward to celebrating the Cowra Festival of International Understanding in 2021!

10.01.2022 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson have joined the Overarmers beige brigade as our High Commission cricket team takes on the Australian Press Gallery today in an #LMSCBR match to mark #40yearson since ‘that incident’. The game will be live-streamed from 10am here: https://www.lastmanstands.tv/

09.01.2022 Kirk Bensemann and his family, who were lucky enough to score tickets to the All Blacks v Argentina rugby match on Saturday courtesy of Rugby Australia, enjoyed a picturesque day in Sydney for rugby despite the result!

09.01.2022 We've had many a trans-Tasman foodie debate over who owns the lamington and pavlova. Well, with a bit of Kiwi ingenuity, Attica Restaurant has come up with a solution. Talented Melbourne based New Zealand chef Ben Shewry has created the 'Pavington’, yum! https://www.broadsheet.com.au//atticas-new-dessert-pavingt

08.01.2022 Career diplomat Jeff Langley passed away yesterday. Mr Langley served his country with great distinction, said Mr Peters. I had the honour to be accompanie...d by Mr Langley overseas on a number of trips as Foreign Minister, and was struck by his intelligence, decency, straight-talk and love of New Zealand. He will be sorely missed by his colleagues here and abroad. http://www.beehive.govt.nz//foreign-minister-lauds-talente

08.01.2022 In what is no doubt our most relaxed sports diplomacy initiative yet, the New Zealand High Commission has a cricket team, the Overarmers. We ‘compete’ in the Last Man Stands Canberra competition. We’re far from world beaters, but we certainly look the part and we’ve got a fantastic support crew! Thanks to Fargoff Yorout Cricket for being good sports tonight and well done on the win!

06.01.2022 High Commissioner Dame Annette King spoke to a Canberra Business Chamber audience alongside her diplomatic colleagues on the impact of #COVID19 on the New Zealand economy, the plan for recovery in NZ, the importance of the trans-Tasman relationship and connectivity for businesses.

06.01.2022 Important to be in New Zealand to meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for our annual leaders’ talks face-to-face, in a way that few other countries are able... to because of this terrible pandemic. The last time we saw each other in person was in February 2020 in Sydney, just as the pandemic was accelerating. It’s been a hard journey since then for both our countries - full of challenges - and this meeting takes place while Victoria faces its latest challenge, which they will overcome and will hopefully reopen again soon, based on latest case numbers, especially in regional areas. We have a busy agenda for our meeting. Australia and New Zealand have, and always will continue to work together as family, or whanau as they call it here. We will continue to work together and support each other to chart our way through this pandemic, which continues to rage around the world. Thank you also to Ngai Tahu for the beautiful and very moving welcome to country, or powhiri, they gave us this afternoon when we arrived in Queenstown.

06.01.2022 New Zealand High Commissioner Dame Annette King will be participating in a 'She Leads In-Conversation' event next Tuesday evening organised by YWCA Canberra. If you're interested, tickets are available here: https://ywca-canberra.org.au//she-leads-in-conversation-s/ And, more information is available by clicking the link below.

05.01.2022 If you’re a Kiwi currently overseas, chances are you can still vote in the 2020 New Zealand General Election. Enrol or update your details online at vote.nz using your NZ driver licence or passport. You can vote from overseas from Wednesday 30 September until 7pm, Saturday 17 October. More information at https://vote.nz//enrol-and-vote-from-o/vote-from-overseas/

05.01.2022 The Junee Shire Council recently recognised Kiwi rugby league legend William ‘Bill’ Deacon (dec.) by naming their newly constructed building and spectator stand at Laurie Daley Oval in his honour. Our High Commissioner Dame Annette King paid tribute to Bill’s trans-Tasman legacy and thanked the Junee community for this gesture.

04.01.2022 High Commissioner Dame Annette King had the opportunity to catch-up with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, along with the other women Heads of Mission, at the Romanian Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu’s residence in Canberra. Can you spot Dame Annette?

03.01.2022 There's four very happy South Islanders at the High Commission today after the South defeated the North 38-35 in a dramatic rugby clash in New Zealand over the weekend.

03.01.2022 From winning the bid to jointly host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup to forming a trans-Tasman space agreement, New Zealand and Australia have a record of collaborating on the world stage. #IngeniousTogether

03.01.2022 Today, I congratulated my New Zealand counterpart the Hon Nanaia Mahuta on her appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Associate Minister for Mori Deve...lopment. We discussed our COVID-19 responses, trans-Tasman quarantine free travel to Australia, our respective Step-up and Reset in the #Pacific and the central role of the Pacific Islands Forum. I am looking forward to continuing our close partnership with New Zealand as we navigate our way through these challenging times and plan ahead for 2021. Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

02.01.2022 Tree planting ceremony in Cowra, New South Wales of the Pseudopanax Ferox (Toothed Lancewood) as part of the launch of the Cowra Festival of International Understanding, with New Zealand the guest nation for 2021.

01.01.2022 These are brilliant #LMSCBR, a fitting memento for Sunday’s match. Looking forward to it!

01.01.2022 Ceremonial Welcome at Government House in Canberra for New Zealand Governor-General HE The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy & HE Sir David Gascoigne.