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Simon J Draper retweeted
🇳🇿 On 12 October 1917, 843 New Zealand soldiers were killed at Passchendaele in a single day. Last week, we joined local communities in Zonnebeke to honour all those who fell and remember the enduring bonds forged through shared history.
Lest we forget 🌹 Kei Wareware Tātou
Simon J Draper retweeted
As Ambassador Draper and his family return to New Zealand, we wish them safe travels and all the very best for what lies ahead. Thank you for everything during your time in Belgium.
Haere rā (farewell), kia pai tō haere (safe travels), and ngā mihi nui (our heartfelt thanks)!
Simon J Draper retweeted
Join us on 7 July at 11am at Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke, for the rededication of Corporal Thomas Nigel McFarland’s grave, ensuring his service and sacrifice are remembered for generations to come.
Lest we forget 🌹 Kei wareware tātou
Simon J Draper retweeted
Join us as we mark 109 years since the Battle of Messines (1917).
📍 Nieuw-Zealanderstraat, 8957 Mesen/Messines
🗓️ Sunday 7 June
🕚 11:00
Learn more about the Battle of Messines here: nzhistory.govt.nz/page/battl…
Lest We Forget 🌹 Kei Wareware Tātou
#NZinBelgium
Simon J Draper retweeted
We are closed on Monday 25 May.
New Zealanders 🇳🇿 requiring consular assistance during this time are requested to check safetravel.govt.nz in the first instance, or call the 24/7 emergency duty officer on ☎️ +64 99 20 20 20 in case of urgent assistance requests.
Simon J Draper retweeted
Two years on, the NZ–EU FTA is showing real results. Kiwi exports to the EU hit $8.8b in the year to Dec 2025, supporting jobs, businesses and growth on both sides. A strong example of what trusted partners can achieve through fair, stable, mutually beneficial trade 🇳🇿🤝🇪🇺
🤖 Made with AI
Simon J Draper retweeted
Always good to discuss common EU/New Zealand climate challenges and opportunities with Kurt Vandenberghe – DG Clima 🇳🇿🤝🇪🇺
Simon J Draper retweeted
At a busy time for NATO, it was a real pleasure to host Ambassadorial colleagues from Canada 🇨🇦, the UK 🇬🇧, the US 🇺🇸 and Australia 🇦🇺 at the New Zealand 🇳🇿 residence today.
Simon J Draper retweeted
Ambassador Simon Draper 🇳🇿 welcomed Deputy Secretary General of the @eu_eeas, Olof Skoog 🇪🇺 to the Official Residence today alongside the EEAS Asia & Pacific team to discuss how New Zealand and the EU can further advance our already deep and reliable partnership 🤝
#NZCloseToEU
Simon J Draper retweeted
Good call with @chrisluxonmp
Our relations are going from strength to strength.
Trade is thriving. We are building on the recent Business Summit and our dialogue with CPTPP.
Already 22 Horizon Europe partnerships are bringing our best minds together.
And we are full steam ahead with the dialogue towards a Security and Defence Partnership!
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Simon J Draper retweeted
The Minister spoke today with the High Representative/Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas.
They discussed developments of mutual interest, including those relating to the Pacific, Gaza, Ukraine, the Arctic, and the international, rules-based system.
The Minister, reflecting on his conversations during his visit to the Nordic region late last year, reiterated New Zealand’s view that the status of Greenland is a matter for the people of Greenland.
@kajakallas
Simon J Draper retweeted
Ambassador Jen Troup 🇳🇿 attended a commemoration for the 1914 destruction, and 1944 liberation, of the city of Leuven 🇧🇪 last week, and was honoured to lay wreaths at both the local and @CWGC cemeteries. Lest we forget 🌹 #NZinBelgium #NZinEU
Simon J Draper retweeted
Kiwis 🇳🇿 travelling or living overseas?
Register on Safetravel.govt.nz so we're able to relay important information and account for your safety and wellbeing, as part of New Zealand's consular response to an overseas emergency.
Simon J Draper retweeted
✈️ Heading to Europe soon? Important changes are coming to the way New Zealand travellers enter the Schengen area. The EES will be introduced 12 October 2025. With ETIAS coming late 2026.
More details and FAQs here: travel-europe.europa.eu/etia…
Simon J Draper retweeted
Following 1⃣ year of entry into force of the EU-NZ gold standard #FTA (1 May), Ambassador Draper & a strong NZInc contingent met with @Trade_EU Director Dora Correia, Head of Unit Jörg Wojahn & EU colleagues for the inaugural Trade and Sustainable Development committee.
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Simon J Draper retweeted
New Zealand and the European Union are both supporters of sustainable trade and the rules that enable it.
This evening, I spoke with President @vonderleyen to discuss what the EU and New Zealand can do together to support the trade rules that underpin Kiwi jobs and growth.
Simon J Draper retweeted
It was great to talk this morning with my friend, President Zelenskyy, with it an opportunity to assure him of New Zealand’s steadfast support to Ukraine.
The President and his people are courageous in the face of Russia’s ongoing aggression.
We discussed the path to a just and lasting peace, with the next step being the need for Russia to show it too is serious about ending the war by agreeing an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
Delighted to see this well deserved name on the New Year’s Honours List.
“Adele Marie Mason, Te Aro, Wellington, for services to New Zealand-Asia relations”
@asianewzealand
Simon J Draper retweeted
Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters has announced Jennifer Troup as the next New Zealand 🇳🇿 Ambassador to Belgium and our accreditations.
We look forward to welcoming Jennifer to Brussels 🇧🇪 soon!
beehive.govt.nz/release/new-…
The Minister farewelled today three senior New Zealand diplomats who will be taking up Head of Mission roles early in 2025: Andrew Williams (Vienna), Deborah Geels (Geneva) & Jennifer Troup (Belgium).
@MFATNZ
