| Order of Precedence among Heads of Diplomatic Missions as at 29 June 2021 |
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| Samoa | 17 April 2012 | HE Mr Leasi Papali'i Tommy Scanlan, High Commissioner, Wellington, and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps |
| Jamaica | 2 December 2014 | HE Mr Clement Philip Ricardo Allcock, High Commissioner, Tokyo |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 March 2015 | HE Brigadier General (Rtd) Francis Agwi, CSM, CBE, DMS High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Romania | 3 June 2015 | HE Mrs Nineta Barbulescu, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Fiji | 26 November 2015 | HE Mr Filimone Waqabaca, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Mongolia | 10 February 2016 | HE Mr Batlai Chuluunhuu, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Philippines | 20 April 2016 | HE Mr Jesus Domingo, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Guinea | 20 April 2016 | HE Mr Senkoun Sylla, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Kuwait | 27 October 2016 | HE Mr Ahmad Salem Alwehaib, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Ethiopia | 27 October 2016 | HE Mrs Tirfu Kidanemariam Gebrehewit, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Central African Republic | 27 October 2016 | HE Mr Andre Nzapayeke, Ambassador, Pretoria |
| Jordan | 27 October 2016 | HE Mr Ali Kraishan, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Tuvalu | 30 January 2017 | HE Mr Paulson Panapa, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Niue | 19 April 2017 | HE Hon Fisa Pihigia, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Indonesia | 19 April 2017 | HE Tantowi Yahya, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Suriname | 19 April 2017 | HE Dr Lloyd Pinas, Ambassador, Beijing |
| Senegal | 19 April 2017 | HE Mr Cheikh Niang, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Panama | 28 June 2017 | HE Mr Alfredo Alberto Spiegel Aponte, Ambassador, Singapore |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 September 2017 | HE Mr Mirza Hajric, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Afghanistan | 6 September 2017 | HE Mr Wahidullah Waissi, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Georgia | 21 November 2017 | HE Mr George Dolidze, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Latvia | 21 November 2017 | HE Ms Dace Treija-Masi, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| United Kingdom | 29 January 2018 | HE Ms Laura Clarke, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Malaysia | 1 February 2018 | HE Ms Nur Izzah Wong Mee Choo, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| South Africa | 1 February 2018 | HE Ms Vuyiswa Tulelo, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| China | 11 April 2018 | HE Ms Wu Xi, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Djibouti | 11 April 2018 | HE Mr Ahmed Araita Ali, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Lithuania | 11 April 2018 | HE Mr Gediminas Varvuolis, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Bangladesh | 11 April 2018 | HE Mr Mohammad Sufiur Rahman, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Viet Nam | 12 June 2018 | HE Mr Ta Van Thong, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Spain | 12 June 2018 | HE Mr Fernando Curcio Ruigomez, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Russia | 29 August 2018 | HE Mr Georgii Zuev, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Netherlands | 29 August 2018 | HE Mrs Mira Woldberg, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Ireland | 29 August 2018 | HE Mr Peter Ryan, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Lao PDR | 29 August 2018 | HE Mr Sisavath Inphachanh, Ambassador, Canberra |
| France | 18 October 2018 | HE Mrs Sylvaine Carta-Le Vert, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Ukraine | 27 November 2018 | HE Mr Dmytro Senik, Ambassador, Singapore |
| Mozambique | 27 November 2018 | HE Mr Jose Maria De Morais, High Commissioner, Tokyo |
| Mauritania | 27 November 2018 | HE Mr El Hacen Eleyatt, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Malawi | 27 November 2018 | HE Mr Grenenger Kidney Msulira Banda, High Commissioner, Tokyo |
| Qatar | 27 November 2018 | HE Mr Saad Abdulla Al Mahmoud Al Shareef, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Slovenia | 27 November 2018 | HE Mr Jurij Rifelj, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Cook Islands | 12 December 2018 | HE Mrs Elizabeth Wright-Koteka, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Zambia | 31 January 2019 | HE Mr Frank Bwalya, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Saudi Arabia | 31 January 2019 | HE Mr Abdulrahman Al Suhaibani, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Benin | 31 January 2019 | HE Mr Makarimi Abissola Adechoubou, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Lebanon | 31 January 2019 | HE Mr Milad Raad, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Iceland | 31 January 2019 | HE Mrs Kristin Arnadottir, Ambassador, Reykjavik |
| Norway | 31 January 2019 | HE Mr Paul Gulleik Larsen, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Australia | 19 March 2019 | HE Hon Patricia Forsythe, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Peru | 18 April 2019 | HE Mr Javier Augusto Prado Miranda, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Brunei | 18 April 2019 | HE Mr Zakaria Ahmad, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Portugal | 18 April 2019 | HE Mr Antonio Pedro da Vinha Rodrigues da Silva, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Lesotho | 18 April 2019 | HE Major General Lineo Bernard Poopa, High Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur |
| Croatia | 18 April 2019 | HE Ms Betty Pavelich Sirois, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Czech Republic | 18 April 2019 | HE Mr Tomas Dub, Ambassador, Canberra |
| The Bahamas | 26 June 2019 | HE Mr Mark Holowesko, High Commissioner, The Bahamas |
| Holy See | 27 June 2019 | HE Archbishop Novatus Rugambwa, Apostolic Nuncio, Wellington |
| Uganda | 27 June 2019 | HE Professor Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| India | 30 July 2019 | HE Mr Mukdesh Kumar Pardeshi, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Singapore | 22 August 2019 | HE Mr Sudesh Maniar, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Germany | 22 August 2019 | HE Mr Stefan Krawielicki, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Slovak Republic | 22 August 2019 | HE Mr Tomas Ferko, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Switzerland | 12 November 2019 | HE Mr Michael Winzap, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Mexico | 12 November 2019 | HE Mr Alfredo Rogerio Perez Bravo, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Egypt | 12 November 2019 | HE Mrs Dina Farouk El Sehy, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Cuba | 12 November 2019 | HE Mr Edgardo Valdes Lopez, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Belarus | 12 November 2019 | HE Dr Ruslan Esin, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Bahrain | 12 November 2019 | HE Dr Mohamed Ghassan Mohamed Adnan Shaikho, Ambassador, Jakarta |
| European Union | 29 January 2020 | HE Mrs Nina Obermaier, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Iran | 29 January 2020 | HE Dr Mohammad Reza Mofatteh, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Maldives | 29 January 2020 | HE Dr Abdulla Mausoom, Ambassador, Singapore |
| Sweden | 29 January 2020 | HE Mr Henrik Cederin, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Estonia | 29 January 2020 | HE Mrs Kersti Eesmaa, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Kazakhstan | 30 June 2020 | HE Mr Arken Arystanov, Ambassador, Singapore |
| Colombia | 30 June 2020 | HE Mr Alberto Jose Mejia Ferrero, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Nepal | 30 June 2020 | HE Mr Mahesh Raj Dahal, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Rwanda | 30 June 2020 | HE Mr Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye, High Commissioner, Singapore |
| Korea | 30 June 2020 | HE Mr Sang-jin Lee, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Chile | 5 November 2020 | HE Mr Ignacio Llanos, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Pakistan | 5 November 2020 | HE Mr Murad Ashraf Janjua, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Poland | 5 November 2020 | HE Mr Grzegorz Kowal, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Italy | 5 November 2020 | HE Mr Francesco Calogero, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Japan | 2 February 2021 | HE Mr Koichi Ito, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Argentina | 2 February 2021 | HE Ms Maria Belen Bogado, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Israel | 2 February 2021 | HE Mr Ran Yaakoby, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Kosovo | 2 February 2021 | HE Dr Hajdin Abazi, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Thailand | 14 April 2021 | HE Mr Pornpop Uampidhaya, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Turkey | 14 April 2021 | HE Mrs Omur Unsay, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Cambodia | 27May 2021 | HE Mr Rotana Chann, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Finland | 27 May 2021 | HE Mrs Satu Mattila-Budich, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Algeria | 27 May 2021 | HE Mr Merzak Belhimeur, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Botswana | 27 May 2021 | HE Ms Dorcas Makgato, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Denmark | 27 May 2021 | HE Ms Pernille Dahler Kardel, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Costa Rica | 29 June 2021 | HE Mr Armando Vargas Araya, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Ghana | 29 June 2021 | HE Dr Joseph Nii Sai Coffie-Agoe, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Greece | 29 June 2021 | HE Mr George Papakostas, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Nigeria | 29 June 2021 | HE Mr Anderson Nkemakonam Madubike, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Canada | 4 August 2021 | HE Ms Joanne Lemay, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Timor-Leste | 7 September 2021 | HE Mrs Felicidade de Sousa Guterres, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Austria | 7 September 2021 | HE Mr Wolfgang Lukas Strohmayer, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Zimbabwe | 7 September 2021 | HE Mr Joe Tapera Mhisi, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Malta | 7 September 2021 | HE Mr Mario Farrugia Borg, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Guatemala | 7 September 2021 | HE Mr Ronald Estuardo Recinos Gomez, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Solomon Islands | 15 November 2021 | HE Mr Eliam Tangirongo, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Hungary | 1 December 2021 | HE Dr Zsolt Hetesy, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Vanuatu | 1 December 2021 | HE Mr Jimmy Nipo, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 December 2021 | HE Mr Rashed Matar Alqemzi, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Brazil | 1 December 2021 | HE Mr Marcos de Souza Campos, Ambassador, Wellington |
| United States of America | 1 December 2021 | HE Mr Thomas Udall, Ambassador, Wellington |
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