We administer 31 pieces of legislation and some of the regulations made under these.
Foreign affairs
- Commonwealth Countries Act 1977(external link)
- Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1971(external link)
- Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1968(external link)
- Foreign Affairs Act 1988(external link)
Peace, rights and security
- Anti-Personnel Mines Prohibition Act 1998(external link)
- Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1996(external link)
- Cluster Munitions Prohibitions Act 2009(external link)
- Geneva Conventions Act 1958(external link)
- International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000(external link) (jointly administered with the Ministry of Justice)
- Mercenary Activities (Prohibition) Act 2004(external link)
- New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament and Arms Control Act 1987(external link)
- Nuclear-Test-Ban Act 1999(external link)
- Russia Sanctions Act 2022 (external link)
- Terrorism Suppression Act 2002(external link) (jointly administered with the Ministry of Justice)
- United Nations Act 1946(external link)
Antarctica
- Antarctica Act 1960(external link)
- Antarctica (Environmental Protection) Act 1994(external link)
- New Zealand Antarctic Institute Act 1996(external link)
- Antartic Marine Living Resources Act 1981(external link)
Law of the sea
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Act 1996(external link)
- Continental Shelf Act 1964(external link)
- Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, and Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1977(external link)
Realm of New Zealand and the Pacific
- Cook Islands Act 1915(external link)
- Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964(external link)
- Kermadec Islands Act 1887(external link)
- Niue Act 1966(external link)
- Niue Constitution Act 1974(external link)
- Pitcairn Trials Act 2002(external link)
- Tokelau Act 1948(external link)
- Tokelau (Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone) Act 1977(external link)
- Western Samoa Act 1961(external link)