New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office

Mark Pearson (馬嘉博), Director

Websitewww.nzcio.com

The New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office (Māori: Te Mata O Aorere; Chinese: 紐西蘭商工辦事處; pinyin: Niǔ Xī Lán Shānggōng Bànshì Chù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liú Se Lân Siang-kang Pān-sū Chhù) represents New Zealand interests in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a de facto embassy.^[1]

The Office was established in 1989.^[2] It is a subsidiary of the Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce, but is staffed by officers either employed directly by the Office or seconded from relevant New Zealand departments and agencies.^[3] These include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.^[4]

Before 1972, New Zealand recognised Taiwan as the "Republic of China", but diplomatic relations were ended following the decision of the government of Norman Kirk to recognise the People's Republic of China, making it one of the first developed countries to do so.^[5]

Its counterpart in New Zealand is the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New Zealand in Wellington.^[6]

References

^ Taiwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
^ Republic of China Yearbook Taiwan, Kwang Hwa Publishing Company, 1989, page 227
^ What the NZCIO does
^ New Director of New Zealand Trade Office in Taiwan, Scoop, 8 April 2014
^ China free trade timeline, New Zealand Herald, 7 Apr 2008
^ Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, New Zealand

External links

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v t e Diplomatic missions in Taiwan
Africa	Eswatini Somaliland² South Africa¹
Americas	Argentina¹ Belize [ja] Brazil¹ Canada¹ Guatemala [ja] Haiti Mexico¹ Paraguay [ja] Peru¹ United States¹ Kaohsiung
Asia	China¹ India [zh]¹ Indonesia¹ Japan¹ Kaohsiung [ja] Malaysia¹ Mongolia¹ Myanmar¹ Philippines¹ Saudi Arabia¹ Singapore¹ South Korea¹ Thailand¹ Turkey¹ Vietnam¹
Europe	Austria¹ Belgium [zh]¹ Czech Republic [zh]¹ Denmark¹ France¹ Germany¹ Holy See Italy¹ Netherlands¹ Poland [zh]¹ Russia¹ Spain¹ Sweden¹ United Kingdom¹
Oceania	Australia¹ Marshall Islands [ja] Nauru [ja] New Zealand¹ Palau [ja] Tuvalu [ja]
International organisations	European Union¹
Former	China Hong Kong¹ Macau¹ Honduras [ja] Ireland Japan [ja] Kiribati [ja] Nicaragua [ja] South Korea [ko] South Vietnam [zh]
¹ No diplomatic relations with Taiwan, functions as an informal diplomatic mission. ² Diplomatic relations with Taiwan, but functions as an informal diplomatic mission.