List of Ambassadors from New Zealand to Chile

The Ambassador from New Zealand to Chile is New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

's foremost diplomatic representative

Diplomat

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in the Republic of Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission

Diplomatic mission

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in Chile.

The embassy is located in Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

, Chile's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador

Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....

in Chile since 1973. The Ambassador to Chile is concurrently accredited

Dual accreditation

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to Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

and Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

Ambassadors to Chile

John G. McArthur (1973–1975)
Ken Cunningham (1975–1976)

Ambassadors to Chile

David Holborow (1978–1981)
Ian Landon-Lane (1981–1985)
Barry Brooks (1985–1988)
Paul Tipping (1988–1992)
Frank Wilson (1992–1996)
David McKee (1996–2000)
Richard Mann (2000–2005)
Nigel Fyfe (2005 - )

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