List of ambassadors of Germany to New Zealand

The list of German ambassadors to New Zealand includes the ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany to New Zealand.

History German-New Zealand relations began with the establishment of the embassy in 1953. In 1964 the embassy was rededicated as an embassy. The German ambassador in Wellington is also accredited for the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu.

Ambassadors Name Image Term Start Term End Notes Erich Boltze 1953 1956 Envoy Herbert Conrad Nöhring 1957 1965 Envoy Heinrich Köhler 1965 1968 Kurt Luedde-Neurath 1968 1970 Eckard Briest 1970 1974 Otto Soltmann 1974 1978 Karl Döring 1978 1979 Hans Alfred Steger 1980 1985 Horst Becker 1985 1989 Gerhard Weber 1989 1995 Eberhard Nöldeke 1995 2000 Guido Heymer 2000 2002 Erich Riedler 2002 2005 Jörg Zimmermann 2005 2009 Thomas Hermann Meister 2009 2012 Anne-Marie Schleich 2012 2016 Gerhard Thiedemann 2016 2019 Stefan Krawielicki 2019 2022 Michael Feiner 2022 Chargé d’affaires Nicole Menzenbach 2022 Present

See also Germany–New Zealand relations

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