The Ambassador from New Zealand to China is

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

's foremost

diplomatic representative Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, and in charge of New Zealand's

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually deno ...

in China. The embassy is located in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, 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 sov ...

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

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to China

Bryce Harland William Bryce Harland (11 December 1931 – 1 February 2006) was a New Zealand diplomat and academic, who served as New Zealand's first Ambassador to China, Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, and High Commissioner to Lon ...

(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 and ...

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

Michael Powles Michael John Powles is a retired diplomat of New Zealand. 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 practice *In 1967 h ...

(1990–1993) *

Christopher Elder Chris Elder is a retired diplomat of New Zealand. *Until 1973 Chris Elder was trained as a Chinese linguist. *From 1973 to 1975 he was employed in the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing when it was opened. *From 1993 to 1997 he was ambassador in Be ...

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

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

(2004–2009) *

Carl Worker Carl Robinson Worker (born 1955) is a retired New Zealand career diplomat. Worker served as New Zealand Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay from 2019-21, New Zealand Consul-General in Hong Kong and Macao from 2017-19, New Zealand Ambassador for ...

(2009–2015) * John McKinnon (January 2015 – 2017) *

Clare Fearnley Clare Fearnley is a diplomat from New Zealand who was the Ambassador to China and Mongolia. At the time of her appointment, Fearnley was Ambassador to South Korea (cross-accredited to Pyongyang) and had been Acting Director-General Legal at the ...

(2017–2022) * Grahame Morton (2022–present)

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External links

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