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Diplomatic Representation

Ireland is represented in New Zealand by the Embassy in Canberra and the Honorary Consulate General in Auckland. An Embassy will open in Wellington on 29 August 2018

Embassy of Ireland – Canberra
Mr Breandán Ó Caollaí – Ambassador
Mr Eamonn Robinson – Deputy Head of Mission
Mr Graham Hartnett – Second Secretary
20 Arkana Street
Yarralumla
ACT 2600
Australia
Ph: 0061 2 6214 0000
Fax: 0061 2 6273 3741
Email: canberraembassy@dfa.ie
Web: dfa.ie/australia

Embassy of Ireland – Wellington
Mr Peter Ryan – Ambassador-Designate
Web: www.dfa.ie/newzealand

Consulate General of Ireland – Auckland
Ms Niamh McMahon – Honorary Consul General
Ms Denise Flanagan – Honorary Vice Consul
Level One, 5 High Street, Auckland
PO Box 279, Auckland 1140
New Zealand
Ph: 09 919 7450
Email: consul@ireland.co.nz
Web: www.ireland.co.nz

Office hours 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm, Monday to Friday
Closed on NZ statutory holidays

 

New Zealand is represented in Ireland by the New Zealand High Commissioner in London who is accredited as Ambassador to Ireland and by an Honorary Consul General in Dublin:

New Zealand High Commission
HE Sir Jerry Mateparae – Ambassador
New Zealand House
80 Haymarket
London SW1Y 4TQ
United Kingdom
Ph: 0044 20 7930 8422
Fax: 0044 20 7839 4580
Web: www.mfat.govt.nz/uk

 

New Zealand Consulate General
Mr Alan McCarthy – Honorary Consul General
PO Box 9999
Dublin 6
Ireland
Ph: +353 1 660 4233
Email: nzconsuldublin@gmail.com
Web: www.mfat.govt.nz/uk

 

New Zealand Consulate
Professor Sinclair Stockman – Honorary Consul
57 Park Road
Belfast BT7 2FX
Northern Ireland
Ph: +44 7713 514879
Email: nzconsulbelfast@gmail.com
Web: www.mfat.govt.nz/uk

Did you know...

Sir Tristram, born in Co Kildare, was a champion broodmare sire (45 group one winners, including 3 Melbourne Cup winners) and lived in Cambridge Stud

Mary Gallagher, of whom the song ‘Mary from Dungloe’ was written, emigrated to NZ from Co Donegal and is buried in Gisborne cemetery

Robert Hannah, born in Co Antrim, founded ‘Hannah’s Shoes’. He built and lived in Antrim House, in Wellington, now the headquarters of the NZ Historic Places Trust

Thomas Bracken, born in Co Monaghan, wrote the words of the national anthem ‘God Defend New Zealand’

Johnny Martin, born in Co Derry, was a goldminer and entrepreneur who developed the area of Martinborough

Joseph McMullen Dargaville, born in Co Cork, developed the town of Dargaville as part of his kauri timber and gum business

Robert Wellwood, born in Co Kilkenny, was the first Mayor of Hastings

Thomas Russell, born in Cork, was the founder of Bank of New Zealand in 1861

Thomas Croke, born in Cork and after whom the GAA Croke Park is named, was Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland from 1870-1874

Patrick Moran, born in Co Wicklow, was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin 1869-1895

Henry Blundell, born in Dublin, began publishing the Wellington Evening Post (now the Dominion Post) in 1865

Dave Gallaher, captain of the 1905 Original All Blacks, was born in Co Donegal

Three of NZs Prime Ministers were born in Ireland – Daniel Pollen (Dublin), John Balance (Antrim) and William Massey (Derry)

New Zealand’s most colourful goldminer, Biddy of the Buller, was born in Dublin

Lt. Governor William Hobson, who signed the Treaty of Waitangi on behalf of the Crown, was born in Waterford, the home of Waterford Crystal.

James Joyce, the author of Ulysses, the novel of the 20th century, had a sister, who was a nun who lived in New Zealand for many years until her death in 1942.

The Duke of Wellington, after whom New Zealand’s capital city is named, was born in Dublin, Ireland’s capital.