Asia

The wider Asian region is playing an ever more important role in New Zealand’s international relationships. China and India are expected to be the world’s two biggest economies by 2050. Six of our current top 10 trading partners are in Asia. Events in Asia are of critical importance to New Zealand’s economic and security interests.

• North Asia
  North Asia covers China and Mongolia, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, North and South Korea, and Japan. The region includes some of the world’s fastest-growing and most powerful industrial economies and has a population of more than 1.5 billion.


• South East Asia
  South East Asia stretches from Myanmar in the west to the Philippines in the East, and is home to more than 600 million people. Prime Minister John Key launched the NZ Inc ASEAN Strategy in July 2013.


• South Asia
  The South Asian region is generally considered to comprise India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan is covered in the Middle East regional pages of this website.


• Asia regional structures
  Asia’s ‘regional architecture’ – the agreements, structures and processes which, over time, are integrating the countries of the region – is growing in effectiveness and scope. Given its many interests in the region, New Zealand looks to play and be considered a part of this emerging network of arrangements.

On this page:

• Asia documents
• Information papers
• Newsletters
• New Zealand representation in Asia
• Travel advice

 

Asia documents

• Opening Doors to India - The first NZ Inc strategy, it highlights opportunities in India. Read the PDF version [3MB]
• Statement of Intent – This Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade publication outlines New Zealand's current position on Asia. Read the PDF version 2011-2014 [689KB]
• Our future with Asia – 2007 Government White Paper on New Zealand’s future relations with Asia. Read the PDF version [4.3 MB]

 

Information papers

We provide key data, political and economic information and explain New Zealand's bilateral relationship with the following countries and territories in Asia:

 

Newsletters

To subscribe to newsletters produced by New Zealand posts in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong or the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei, please send your email address to: nad@mft.govt.nz.

Read these newsletters online:

• Hong Kong
• Korea
• Taiwan

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New Zealand representation in Asia

New Zealand representation in North Asia

New Zealand has representation (embassies, consulates or other offices) in:

• China - in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong
• Japan
• Republic of Korea (South Korea)

We manage relations with Mongolia through our Embassy in China, Macau through our Consulate in Hong Kong, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) from our Embassy in Seoul.

New Zealand also has significant economic and cultural ties with Taiwan. These are managed by the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office (NZCIO) in Taipei, which is a subsidiary of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce.

New Zealand representation in South East Asia

New Zealand has representation (embassies, consulates or other offices) in:

• Indonesia
• Malaysia - also covers Brunei Darussalam
• Philippines
• Singapore - also covers the Maldives
• Thailand - also covers Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar (Myanmar)
• Timor-Leste
• Viet Nam

New Zealand representation in South Asia

New Zealand has representation (embassies, consulates or other offices) in:

• India - also covers Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka
• Pakistan and Afghanistan are covered by the New Zealand Embassy in Iran

 

Travel advice

The Safe Travel website provides a travel advisory to North Asia, South Asia and South East Asia [external link].

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