The Ambassador from New Zealand to the Netherlands is New Zealand's foremost

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in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in the Netherlands. The embassy is located in The Hague. New Zealand has maintained a resident

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in the Netherlands since 1967, and a resident

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since 1950. The Ambassador to the Netherlands is concurrently accredited to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and

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List of heads of mission

Consuls to the Netherlands

* J V Brennan (1950–1952) * C F Shapcott (1952–1957) * Norman Johnson (1957–1961) *

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(1961–1965)

Ambassadors to the Netherlands

Non-resident ambassadors, resident in France

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(1965–1967)

Resident ambassadors

* Rex Cunninghame (1967–1972) * Vince Roberts (1972–1977) * Gray Thorp (1977–1982) *

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(1982–1988) * Ken Cunningham (1988–1991) *

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(1991–1995) * Hilary Willberg (1995–1998) * Chris Butler (1998–2002) *

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(2002–2006) * Rachel Fry (2006-2010) * George Troup (2010-2014) * Janet Lowe (diplomat) (2014-2017) * Lyndal Walker (2017-)

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