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The high commissioner of Australia to Niue is an officer of the
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and the head of the High Commission of the Commonwealth of Australia in
Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...
. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and the high commissioner resides in Alofi. The high commissioner, since February 2022, is Louise Ellerton.


Posting history

On 27 February 2014 Australia formally established diplomatic relations with Niue, a self-governing state since 1974 in free association with
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, with the non-resident high commissioner in
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also serving as high commissioner to Niue. In November 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced an expansion of Australia's diplomatic representation to all members of the
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, including opening a new high commission in the Cook Islands and Niue. The first resident high commissioner, Susan Allen, took office in Alofi on 26 August 2020.


Heads of mission


See also

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Australia–New Zealand relations Foreign relations between neighbouring countries Australia and New Zealand, also referred to as Trans-Tasman relations, are extremely close. Both countries share a British colonial heritage as antipodean Dominions and settler colonies, and ...
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Foreign relations of Niue Niue maintains diplomatic relations with various other countries and multilateral organizations. Niue is an island country in the Pacific Ocean in a state of free association with New Zealand. The King in right of New Zealand is the head of state ...
* Foreign relations of Australia


References


External links


Australian High Commission, Alofi
{{Lists of heads of Australian diplomatic missions Australia and the Commonwealth of Nations Niue and the Commonwealth of Nations
Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between Tong ...
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...