List of ambassadors of Spain to New Zealand

The ambassador of Spain to New Zealand is the official representative of the Kingdom of Spain to the New Zealand. It is also accredited to the Cook Islands, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of Kiribati, the Independent State of Samoa and the Kingdom of Tonga.

New Zealand and Spain established diplomatic relations on 28 March 1969, and the following month Spain established a non-resident embassy, based in Canberra. Following the establishment of a resident ambassador in Madrid in 1992, Spain created a resident embassy in Wellington in 2006, assuming part of the jurisdiction of the Embassy in Canberra over the surrounding island-states.

Jurisdiction : The ambassador manages New Zealand–Spain relations and the Embassy's Consular Section provides services to the entire country. It has honorary consulates in Auckland, Christchurch and Hastings.

Also, the ambassador to New Zealand is accredited to:

: Cook Islands and Spain has diplomatic relations since 29 January 1998. It has an honorary consulate in Rarotonga. : Since 1977, Fiji and Spain has maintained diplomatic relations. Consular affairs are managed through the Wellington Embassy's Consular Section. : Spain established diplomatic relations with the Solomon Islands in 2011. Consular affairs are managed through the Embassy's Consular Section. : Diplomatic relations were established in 1980. Spain has an honorary consulate in Apia. : Spain has maintained diplomatic relations with Vanuatu since 16 November 1979. Spain has an honorary consulate in Nukuʻalofa. List of ambassadors AmbassadorTermNominated byAppointed byAccredited to1Juan Ramón Parellada Soteras3 January 1974()Fernando María CastiellaFrancisco FrancoThe Lord Porritt2Alberto Pascual Villar5 May 1977()Pedro Cortina MauriDenis Blundell3Carlos Manuel Fernández-Shaw Baldasano18 April 1983()The Marquess of OrejaJuan Carlos IKeith Holyoake4Francisco Utray Sardá13 February 1987()Fernando MoránDavid Beattie518 February 1992()Francisco Fernández OrdóñezPaul Reeves630 May 1996()Catherine Tizard7Emilio Fernández-Castaño y Díaz-Caneja13 January 2001()Abel MatutesMichael Hardie Boys81 August 2005()Josep PiquéSilvia Cartwright9Camilo Barcia García-Villamil30 October 2007()Miguel Ángel Moratinos1030 April 2011()Anand Satyanand1131 August 2013()Trinidad Jiménez12Manuel Viturro de la Torre5 September 2015()José Manuel García-MargalloJerry Mateparae1313 January 2018()Felipe VI1427 July 2022()Alfonso DastisPatsy Reddy1511 June 2025()José Manuel AlbaresCindy Kiro16present()

See also New Zealand–Spain relations

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