27 May 2020

NZ makes new Pacific diplomatic appointments

9:34 am on 27 May 2020

New Zealand has announced four new diplomatic appointments, including High Commissioners to Nauru and Niue.

Helen Tunnah, who currently works in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Covid-19 response team, has been posted to Niue, having previously worked in Vanuatu and Brazil.

Richard Griffith will be High Commissioner to Nauru, but based in Wellington.

He has previously been posted to Solomon Islands and Australia.

Pacific flags flying outside the New Zealand Parliament building in Wellington.

Pacific flags flying outside the New Zealand Parliament building in Wellington. Photo: RNZI/ Koroi Hawkins