List of high commissioners of New Zealand to Barbados

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The high commissioner of New Zealand to Barbados is New Zealand's foremost diplomatic representative in Barbados, and in charge of New Zealand's diplomatic mission in Bridgetown, Barbados.

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The high commission is located in a building shared with the British High Commissioner to Barbados at Lower Collymore Rock Rd. in Bridgetown, Barbados' capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident high commissioner in Bridgetown since March 2014. [1] It is further accredited to: Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, diplomatic relations between New Zealand and Barbados are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors.

List of heads of mission

High commissioners to Barbados

Non-resident high commissioners to Barbados, resident in Ottawa, Canada

From 1966 to 2014 located in Ottawa, Canada

Resident high commissioners in Bridgetown, Barbados

Footnotes

  1. ↑ New Zealand’s First-Ever Ambassador to the Caribbean Community, February 2, 2015, CaribJournal.com News
  2. ↑ "McCully appoints High Commissioner to Canada". New Zealand government (beehive.govt.nz). 20 March 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Staff writer (6 March 2014). "New Zealand names new High Commissioner to Barbados" (Press release). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand). Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

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