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Norway-New Zealand relations are foreign relations between Norway and New Zealand. The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1905, after Norway gained independence. New Zealand's embassy in the Hague, Netherlands represents New Zealand diplomatically in Norway. Norway is represented in New Zealand by the embassy in Canberra, Australia. Around 1,400 Norwegians live in New Zealand and 929 New Zealanders live in Norway.
Contents
- International issues
- Trade
- Investment
- Migration
- Official visits
- New Zealand official visits to Norway
- Norwegian official visits to New Zealand
- References
Of all the Scandinavian countries, only Norway shares a land border with New Zealand - at the South Pole in Antarctica where Norway's claim to Queen Maud Land and New Zealand's claim to the Ross Dependency meet.
International issues
New Zealand joined 11 other countries in 2006 in delivering a formal diplomatic protest to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry in Oslo over Norway's plans to increase its whaling activities.
Trade
In the year ending in December 2008, New Zealand exported goods and services to Norway to the value of NZ$ 69.2 million. The main exports included fishing vessels, lamb and mutton, aluminium, onions, apples and pears, yachts, and navigational instruments. New Zealand imports from Norway had a value of NZ$ 73 million. The main imports included fertilizers, trucks and vans, seats, medical equipment, fishing vessels, and agricultural machinery.
Reidar Sveaas, director of P&O Maritime Ltd. and honorary consul to Auckland said in 2000 that excellent opportunities existed for New Zealand to trade with the world's second largest oil-producing country, Norway.
Investment
Norske Skog of Norway operates the Tasman Mill in New Zealand. It represents one of the most prominent Nordic investments in New Zealand industry.
Migration
Norsewood in New Zealand's Seventy Mile Bush started as a Norwegian settlement in 1872. In 1881 New Zealand had 1,271 Norway-born residents, in 1901 there were 1,278.
Official visits
In over 100 years of relations, there have only been two state visits between these countries. In 2004, Helen Clark, became the first New Zealand Prime Minister to ever visit Norway. She said that both countries see eye-to-eye on almost everything, except the commercial harvesting of whales. Other official visits have included: