Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand)
Manatū Aorere | |
Agency overview | |
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Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
Headquarters | 195 Lambton Quay, Wellington WELLINGTON 6011 41°17′02″S 174°46′32″E / 41.283882°S 174.775604°E |
Employees | 2137 |
Annual budget | Total budgets for 2019/20[1] Vote Foreign Affairs and Trade $589,698,000 Vote Official Development Assistance $822,172,000 |
Ministers responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Website | mfat |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) (
History
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) was first established as the Department of External Affairs (NZDEA) on 11 June 1943 through an
From 1969 to 1988, the Ministry was known as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Between 1988 and 1993, the Ministry was renamed the Ministry of External Relations and Trade (MERT). The NZDEA and the MFA was administered by the Prime Minister's Department until 1975. Between 1946 and 1975, the Secretary of External/Foreign Affairs also served concurrently as the Permanent Head of the Prime Minister's Department. For much of this period, several
Functions
The ministry represents New Zealand interests to other governments, including at the
It used to sponsor the Centre for Strategic Studies New Zealand in conjunction with other NZ Government ministries, though the centre is now part of Victoria University of Wellington.
NZAID
The New Zealand overseas development aid agency New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID) was a semi-autonomous agency within the ministry, until it was brought back into the ministry as the International Development Group (IDG). It is a major provider of aid to the Pacific.
Ministers
The Ministry serves 4 portfolios, 4 ministers and 2 associate minister.[5]
OFFICEHOLDER | PORTFOLIO(S) | OTHER RESPONSIBILITY(IES) |
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Rt Hon Winston Peters | Lead Minister (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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Hon Todd McClay | Minister for Trade | Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Hon Nicola Grigg | Minister of State for Trade | |
Hon Simon Watts | Minister of Climate Change | |
Hon Nicola Willis | Associate Minister of Climate Change |
Organisational structure
The Ministry has 653 staff based in
Secretaries of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Sir Alister McIntosh (1942–1966)
- Sir George Laking (1967–1972)
- Frank Corner (1973–1980)
- Merwyn Norrish(1980–1988)
- Graham Ansell (1989–1993)
- Richard Nottage (1993–1998)
- Neil Walter (1999-2002)[6]
- Simon Murdoch (2002–2009)[7]
- John Allen (2009–2014)[8]
- Brook Barrington (2015–2019)[9]
- Chris Seed (2019–present)[10]
See also
- Foreign relations of New Zealand
- List of diplomatic missions of New Zealand
- List of ambassadors and high commissioners to and from New Zealand as of 24 July 2006
- List of high commissioners of New Zealand to the United Kingdom
References
- ^ "Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Budget 2019. The Treasury.
- ^ Malcolm Templeton, ed., An Eye, An Ear, And a Voice, p.1.
- ^ Alan Watt, "The Department of Foreign Affairs," in The Times Survey of Foreign Ministries of the World, ed. Zara Steiner (London: Times Books Limited, 1982), p.35; James Eary, "The Department of External Affairs," in The Times Survey of Foreign Ministries of the World, p.96.
- ^ Malcolm Templeton, ed., An Eye, An Ear, And a Voice, pp.1-2.
- ^ "Our Ministers". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ McKinnon, Don (28 June 1999). "McKinnon welcomes new MFAT Secretary" (Press release). Archived from the original on 12 June 2016.
- ^ State Services Commission (21 May 2002). "CEO Appointment: MFAT" (Press release). New Zealand Government. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016.
- ^ Swann, Allan (30 April 2009). "Mfat culture change to be led by NZ Post CEO John Allen". National Business Review. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016.
- ^ Rutherford, Hamish (3 March 2015). "Former diplomat Brook Barrington to head MFAT". Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax Media.
- ^ State Services Commission (19 December 2018). "Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade appointed". www.ssc.govt.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
Further reading
- An eye, an ear and a voice: 50 years in New Zealand’s external relations edited by ISBN 0-477-03725-9
- Undiplomatic Dialogue: Letters between Carl Berendsen and Alister McIntosh 1943-1952 edited by Ian McGibbon (1993, Auckland University Press, Auckland NZ) ISBN 1-86940-095-X
- Unofficial Channels: Letters between Alister McIntosh and Foss Shanahan, George Laking and Frank Corner 1946-1966 edited by Ian McGibbon (1999, Victoria University Press, Wellington NZ) ISBN 0-86473-365-8