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: ''Te Kāinga o te Māngai o Aotearoa i Washington D.C.'') is located at 37 Observatory Circle,
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in the
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neighborhood. The embassy also operates consulates general in
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and honorary consulates in
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, which provide assistance to New Zealand citizens and issue travel
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in Washington, D.C. in October 1941 which was upgraded to an embassy in 1948. Bede Corry was appointed New Zealand Ambassador to the United States on 6 July 2022.


Embassy staff

The embassy is staffed by officers from the
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(MFAT), New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE),
New Zealand Defence Force The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF; mi, Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa, "Line of Defence of New Zealand") are the armed forces of New Zealand. The NZDF is responsible for the protection of the national security of New Zealand and her realm, prom ...
,
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, New Zealand Customs Service, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, and the Ministry of Education.


Chancery

The chancery was designed by the New Zealand architect Sir
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. In 1954, the present embassy site was purchased to accommodate all staff in one building, but the chancery was not constructed until 1975. The building won for its designer the 1981 New Zealand Institute of Architects National Award. The brickwork of the chancery won the Annual Brick Award for the Eastern States of the U.S.


See also

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New Zealand–United States relations According to the U.S. State Department, relations between New Zealand and the United States as of August 2011 are "the best they have been in decades." New Zealand is a major non-NATO ally of the United States. United States and New Zealand shar ...
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Embassy of the United States in Wellington The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after Mainland China, including 166 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, as well as observer state Vatican City and non-member countries Kosovo a ...
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List of Ambassadors from New Zealand to the United States The Ambassador from New Zealand to the United States is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in the United States of America, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in the United States. The embassy is located in Washingt ...
* List of diplomatic missions of New Zealand *
United States – New Zealand Council The United States – New Zealand Council (US–NZ Council) is an independent non-profit, non-partisan organisation dedicated to promoting a strong bilateral relationship between the United States and New Zealand. It is the premier private organisa ...


References


External links


New Zealand Embassy in Washington D.C.
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New Zealand–United States relations