Lithuania

Our relationship with Lithuania

New Zealand has a friendly relationship with Lithuania. There is a small Lithuanian community centred in Auckland. 

As small states, our two countries share similar interests, and work well together at the multilateral level.  We have a common approach across a range of international issues, and we cooperate closely in multilateral fora. New Zealand and Lithuania were non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council  in 2015. New Zealand also values Lithuania’s role as a member of the European Union, NATO and the OECS.

Building on these political ties, New Zealand and Lithuania established a Working Holiday Scheme, which allows 100 young people annually to holiday, work and study in each other’s countries for up to a year. This agreement strengthens the people-to-people ties between our two countries.

Trade

Year ending March 2019 statistics

Working Holiday Scheme

New Zealanders aged between 18 and 30 can apply for a 12-month working holiday for Lithuania.

To apply you will need to present in person either at:

• The Lithuanian Embassy in Tokyo, Japan(external link), which is accredited to New Zealand; or
• The Migration offices in Vilnius, Kaunas or Klaipėda or Migration Department, if you are already in Lithuania legally.

 For further information contact amb.jp@urm.lt

Embassies

• New Zealand is represented in Lithuania by the New Zealand Embassy in Warsaw(external link)
• Lithuania is represented in New Zealand by the Lithuanian Embassy in Tokyo

Recent official visits

New Zealand to Lithuania

• Hon Nathan Guy, Minister for Primary Industries, March 2017
• Hon Murray McCully, Minister of Foreign Affairs, June 2016

Lithuania to New Zealand

• Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Darius Skusevičius, February 2018 
• Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevičius. March 2015
• President Valdas Adamkus, February 2006