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Order of Precedence among Heads of Diplomatic Missions Accredited to New Zealand |
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| Mexico | 12 November 2019 |
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps: |
| Guinea | 20 April 2016 | HE Mr Senkoun Sylla, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Central African Republic | 27 October 2016 | HE Mr Andre Nzapayeke, Ambassador, Pretoria |
| Iraq | 1 February 2017 | HE Dr Hussain Al-Ameri, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Niue | 19 April 2017 | HE Hon Fisa Pihigia, High Commissioner, Wellington [departed New Zealand] |
| 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 |
| Myanmar | 28 June 2017 | HE Mr Tha Aung Nyun, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Afghanistan | 6 September 2017 | HE Mr Wahidullah Waissi, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Djibouti | 11 April 2018 | HE Mr Ahmed Araita Ali, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Russia | 29 August 2018 | HE Mr Georgii Zuev, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Mozambique | 27 November 2018 | HE Mr Jose Maria De Morais, High Commissioner, Tokyo |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Slovak Republic | 22 August 2019 | HE Mr Tomas Ferko, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Belarus | 12 November 2019 | HE Dr Ruslan Esin, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Rwanda | 30 June 2020 | HE Mr Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye, High Commissioner, Singapore |
| Argentina | 2 February 2021 | HE Ms Maria Belen Bogado, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Botswana | 27 May 2021 | HE Ms Dorcas Makgato, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Nigeria | 29 June 2021 | HE Mr Anderson Nkemakonam Madubike, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Zimbabwe | 7 September 2021 | HE Mr Joe Tapera Mhishi, 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 |
| 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 Arbizu de Souza Campos, Ambassador, Wellington |
| United States of America | 1 December 2021 | HE Mr Thomas Udall, Ambassador, Wellington [departed New Zealand] |
| China | 22 February 2022 | HE Mr Wang Xiaolong, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Indonesia | 22 February 2022 | HE Mrs Fientje Maritje Suebu, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Lithuania | 9 March 2022 | HE Mr Darius Degutis, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 9 March 2022 | HE Mr Mirlan Arstanbaev, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Peru | 6 April 2022 | HE Mr Jose Emilio Bustinza Soto, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Oman | 6 April 2022 | HE Dr Mohamed Said Al Busaidi, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Romania | 6 April 2022 | HE Mr Radu Gabriel Safta, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Belgium | 6 April 2022 | HE Mr Michel Goffin, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Latvia | 6 April 2022 | HE Mr Margers Krams, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Uruguay | 6 April 2022 | HE Mrs Dianela Pi Cedres, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Tuvalu | 29 June 2022 | HE Mr Feue Tipu, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Angola | 29 June 2022 | HE Mr Daniel Antonio Rosa, Ambassador Singapore |
| Dominican Republic | 29 June 2022 | HE Mr Robert Takata Pimentel, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Morocco | 29 June 2022 | HE Mrs Wassane Zailachi, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Mauritius | 29 June 2022 | HE Ms Marie Claire Monty, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| North Macedonia | 30 June 2022 | HE Ms Biljana Stefanovska-Sekovska, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Mongolia | 30 June 2022 | HE Mr Davaasuren Damdinsuren, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Serbia | 30 June 2022 | HE Mr Rade Stefanovic, Ambassador, Canberra |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 29 July 2022 | HE Ms Iona Thomas, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Fiji | 10 August 2022 | HE Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Netherlands | 10 August 2022 | HE Mr Ard van der Vorst, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Ukraine | 10 August 2022 | HE Mr Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Ireland | 4 October 2022 | HE Ms Jane Connolly, Ambassador, Wellington |
| France | 4 October 2022 | HE Mrs Laurence Beau, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Germany | 4 October 2022 | HE Ms Nicole Menzenbach, Ambassador, Wellington |
| India | 4 October 2022 | HE Ms Neeta Bhushan, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Switzerland | 16 November 2022 | HE Mr Viktor Vavricka, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Republic of Korea | 16 November 2022 | HE Mr Chang-sik Kim, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Armenia | 16 November 2022 | HE Mr Areg Hovhannisian, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Malawi | 16 November 2022 | HE Mr Kwacha Chisiza, High Commissioner, Tokyo |
| Ecuador | 16 November 2022 | HE Mr Victor Arturo Cabrera Hidalgo, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Thailand | 31 January 2023 | HE Mr Waravuth Pouapinya, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Bahrain | 31 January 2023 | HE Mr Ahmed Alharmasi Alhajeri, Ambassador, Jakarta |
| Nepal | 31 January 2023 | HE Mr Kailash Raj Pokharel, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Slovenia | 31 January 2023 | HE Mr Marko Ham, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Tanzania | 31 January 2023 | HE Mr Baraka Haran Luvanda, High Commissioner, Tokyo |
| Malaysia | 15 March 2023 | HE Ms Mazita binti Marzuki, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Norway | 15 March 2023 | HE Ms Anne Grete Riise, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Kosovo | 15 March 2023 | HE Mrs Jetmira Berdynaj-Shala, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Cyprus | 18 April 2023 | HE Mr Antonis Sammoutis, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Uganda | 18 April 2023 | HE Mrs Dorothy Hyuha, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Georgia | 18 April 2023 | HE Mr Beka Dvali, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18 April 2023 | HE Mr Kemal Muftic, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Zambia | 18 April 2023 | HE Dr Elias Munshya, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Cook Islands | 21 April 2023 | HE Ms Kairangi Samuela, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Jamaica | 9 May 2023 | HE Ms Shorna-Kay Richards, High Commissioner, Tokyo |
| The Bahamas | 28 May 2023 | HE Mr Anthony Ferguson, High Commissioner, Nassau |
| Iran | 13 June 2023 | HE Mr Reza Nazar Ahari, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Philippines | 13 June 2023 | HE Mrs Kira Azucena, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Algeria | 13 June 2023 | HE Dr Nor Eddine Benfreha, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Samoa | 8 August 2023 | HE Mr Afamasaga Faamatalaupu Toleafoa, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Liberia | 8 August 2023 | HE Mr Blamoh Nelson, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Portugal | 8 August 2023 | HE Mr Antonio Albuquerque de Vilhena Moniz, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Kazakhstan | 8 August 2023 | HE Mr Askar Kuttykadam, Ambassador, Singapore |
| Bangladesh | 8 August 2023 | HE Mr M Allama Siddiki, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Saudi Arabia | 8 November 2023 | HE Mr Muhanna Aba Alkhail, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Singapore | 8 November 2023 | HE Mr William Tan Wei Yuan, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Czech Republic | 8 November 2023 | HE Ms Jana Tyrer, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Cambodia | 8 November 2023 | HE Mr Chanborey Cheunboran, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Brunei Darussalam | 8 November 2023 | HE Mr Garry Ramlee Ibrahim, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 December 2023 | HE Mr Sakias Tameo, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Egypt | 1 February 2024 | HE Mr George Tadros, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Delegation of the European Union | 1 February 2024 | HE Mr Lawrence Meredith, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Cuba | 1 February 2024 | HE Mr Luis Morejon Rodriguez, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Ghana | 1 February 2024 | HE Mr Samuel Kumah, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Japan | 3 April 2024 | HE Mr Makoto Osawa, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Finland | 3 April 2024 | HE Mr Arto Haapea, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Chile | 12 June 2024 | HE Mrs Manahi Pakarati Novoa, Wellington |
| Pakistan | 12 June 2024 | HE Dr Faisal Aziz Ahmed, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Austria | 12 June 2024 | HE Mrs Elisabeth Koegler, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Greece | 12 June 2024 | HE Mr Stavros Venizelos, Ambassador, Canberra |
| South Africa | 15 August 2024 | HE Col Johnny Sexwale, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Ethiopia | 15 August 2024 | HE Mr Hadera Abera Admassu, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Mauritania | 15 August 2024 | HE Mr Sidya El Hadj, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Sierra Leone | 15 August 2024 | HE Dr Abu Bakarr Karim, High Commissioner, Beijing |
| Qatar | 15 August 2024 | HE Mr Ali Saad M H Al-Hajri, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Timor-Leste | 9 October 2024 | HE Mrs Idelta Rodrigues, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Holy See | 9 October 2024 | HE Archbishop Gabor Pinter, Apostolic Nuncio, Wellington |
| Estonia | 9 October 2024 | HE Mr Jaan Reinhold, Ambassador, Canberra |
| El Salvador | 9 October 2024 | HE Mr Ernesto Duenas Azucena, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Canada | 15 October 2024 | HE Mr Keith Smith, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Denmark | 13 November 2024 | HE Ms Ingrid Dahl-Madsen, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Kenya | 13 November 2024 | HE Dr Wilson Kogo, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Jordan | 13 November 2024 | HE Mr Janti Kalajoqa, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Israel | 31 January 2025 | HE Mr Alon Roth-Snir, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Kuwait | 31 January 2025 | HE Mr Sabah Alsabah, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Sri Lanka | 31 January 2025 | HE Mr Sampath Walpita Gamage, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Hungary | 31 January 2025 | HE Dr Gabor Nagy, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Bulgaria | 31 January 2025 | HE Mr Encho Dimitrov, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Nauru | 31 January 2025 | HE Ms Camilla Solomon, High Commissioner, Canberra |
| Australia | 20 March 2025 | HE Mr Daniel Sloper, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Italy | 16 April 2025 | HE Mr Cristiano Maggipinto, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Colombia | 16 April 2025 | HE Ms Isaura Duarte, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Viet Nam | 16 April 2025 | HE Mr Phan Minh Giang, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Costa Rica | 16 April 2025 | HE Ms Carolina Molina Barrantes, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Marshall Islands | 16 April 2025 | HE Mr Junior Aini, Ambassador, Suva |
| Solomon Islands | 5 June 2025 | HE Mr Ishmael Avui, High Commissioner, Wellington |
| Poland | 16 July 2025 | HE Mr Patryk Blaszczak, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Türkiye | 16 July 2025 | HE Mr Melih Karalar, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 16 July 2025 | HE Ms Jane Chigiyal, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Maldives | 16 July 2025 | HE Mr Mohamed Luveiz, High Commissioner, Singapore |
| Turkmenistan | 16 July 2025 | HE Mr Atadurdy Bayramov, Ambassador, Tokyo |
| Spain | 10 September 2025 | HE Mr Luis Sánchez-Vellisco Sánchez, Ambassador, Wellington |
| Tunisia | 10 September 2025 | HE Mr Mohamed Trabelsi, Ambassador, Jakarta |
| Sweden | 10 September 2025 | HE Mr Klas Molin, Ambassador, Canberra |
| Laos | 10 September 2025 | HE Mr Chatoulong Bouasisavath, Ambassador, Canberra |